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'Korea used to be part of China': Trump's claim draws ire

U.S. President Donald Trump's remark that "Korea used to be part of China" is disturbing Koreans.

Trump made the claim during an interview with The Wall Street Journal after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping on Apr. 12.

Trump said in the interview, "(Xi) then went into the history of China and Korea. Not North Korea, Korea. And you know, you're talking about thousands of years and many wars. And Korea actually used to be a part of China."

American online news agency Quartz later published the claim. The agency reported that Trump made "a shocking admission of ignorance" by this comment and expected it would upset Koreans.

It was not confirmed whether Trump's controversial statement was initially delivered by Xi to him or was Trump's original idea.

Quartz said there were two times in history that could be misunderstood as the Korean Peninsula being part of China. Once was during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) when China made four "commanderies" in the northern part of the peninsula. Whether it could be seen as the Chinese ruling is still controversial among historians. The other event is from the Mongol empire's domination in the 13th century including China and Korea. But that period is also controversial because the existence of direct rule in Korea was "elusive."

"No respectable historian would make such a claim (that Korea used to be part of China)," Kyung Moon Hwang, a history professor at the University of Southern California, told Quartz.

Many Korean news agencies are covering Trump's quote since Yonhap News Agency's initial coverage on Apr. 19.

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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/04/120_227880.html

Yikes <_<
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Korea used to be part of Japan too and Japan is way more rad than China so lets give it back to them.
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Whether it could be seen as the Chinese ruling is still controversial among historians.

Trump takes a controversial position. TC fails.
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He has a knack for saying the worst possible thing at the worst possible time.
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Doom_Art posted...

He has a knack for saying the worst possible thing at the worst possible time.

Wonder if there's a past tweet from Trump about this.
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This is like saying France used to be part of Iran.
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In a sense he's right since the entire world was once a single landmass and will be again far into the future...

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ChromaticAngel posted...

This is like saying France used to be part of Iran.

Uh, no.
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Vyrulisse posted...

In a sense he's right since the entire world was once a single landmass and will be again far into the future...

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America used to be part of Pangea.
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St0rmFury posted...

Wonder if there's a past tweet from Trump about this.

from 2/24/12

"So-called President Obama said Korea used to be part of China. SAD! What a sick guy!"
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I need an Asian to answer this:

Japan was in Korea a few decades ago.
But some Japanese came from Korea, a long time ago (hundreds or thousands years ago)

true or false?
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AmonAmarth posted...

I need an Asian to answer this:

Japan was in Korea a few decades ago.
But some Japanese came from Korea, a long time ago (hundreds or thousands years ago)

true or false?

The current Japanese population are descended from immigrants. A lot of people talk about American Colonials wiping out the Natives, well the Japanese were a lot more thorough. No straight Japanese aboriginal descendants remain. Highest concentration IIRC is 1/4th.
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It must be an odd sensation to have the personality of that embarrassing drunk uncle at the wedding at 2am, except instead of a wedding it's the world diplomatic stage and instead of drunk uncle it's leader of the free world.
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Why are conservatives so stupid?
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Same with Taiwan, but that didn't stop him from reaching out to them before China, lol.
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How does a guy like this become the President of the United States?
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St0rmFury posted...

Vyrulisse posted...

In a sense he's right since the entire world was once a single landmass and will be again far into the future...

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America used to be part of Pangea.

Pangea will rise again you filthy Yankees!
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faizan_faizan posted...

How does a guy like this become the President of the United States?

You take advantage of idiots and also have an equally dogshit candidate running against you.
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pinky0926 posted...

It must be an odd sensation to have the personality of that embarrassing drunk uncle at the wedding at 2am, except instead of a wedding it's the world diplomatic stage and instead of drunk uncle it's leader of the free world.

Haha take that Liberals
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GeneralZhao posted...

You take advantage of idiots and also have an equally dogshit candidate running against you.

Also doesn't hurt when you have the Kremlin's finest spreading targeted fake news and disinformation to help you out
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ChromaticAngel posted...

This is like saying France used to be part of Iran.

No it's not
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Standing Rock used to be part of an Indian reservation that they never gave up claim to.

Doom_Art posted...

GeneralZhao posted...

You take advantage of idiots and also have an equally dogshit candidate running against you.

Also doesn't hurt when you have the Kremlin's finest spreading targeted fake news and disinformation to help you out

So Trump was in collusion with CNN all along......interesting.....
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Fat orange clown
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It's like saying all the countries Russians once conquered used to be part of China

Or since France was once conquered by the Germans during WWII, France used to be a part of Germany.

Korea being a part of China is fucking ancient history. Like what the fuck is that statement supposed to mean? We should invade a first world country and make it part of China?

I'm honestly fucking offended. Am Korean, don't even like Korea, but that is just fucking really really fucking dumb.
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Tributary state, arguably ruled by... but not really

They remained sovereign...
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will Kim shoot Nukes because of this?
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Also when you consider that a large part of Manchuria used to be Korea...
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TDF in action
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Don't worry Trump already sent his Armada to Korea..... oh wait.
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A quick google search on "Dynastic China maps" shows that large parts of it were, during certain dynasties.
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every day I can feel this country getting closer to being great again. once Kim Jong Un is out of the way, America can focus on revitalizing the coal mining industry.
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DevsBro posted...

A quick google search on "Dynastic China maps" shows that large parts of it were, during certain dynasties.

Westerners made those maps (probably with China-biased information)
The same westerners that called the East Sea "The Sea of Japan"
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A good rule of thumb is never say that one East Asian country was ever part of a different East Asian country. There is a good chance that one might have ruled over another for a time but understandably, the people don't exactly look at times of subjugation with a positive light.
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It's true though
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even if he somehow actually believed it, it's just dumb that he'd even announce it. it's not like china is gonna be buddy buddy over it and korea is gonna be pissed
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China used to be part of Mongolia...?

Am I doing this right? Being ignorant about history and culture seems to be the hip thing to do.
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M-Watcher posted...

China used to be part of Mongolia...

Am I doing this right?

Yep, and all the African countries used to be European
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Yet another reason to HATE the fucking orange turd.

How come no one gives him a fucking pill to make him stay silent?
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East Germany used to be a part of Russia.
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Just like that, the orange turd manages to ALIENATE one of his allies with just one sentence!

What are we waiting for to get rid of this moron?
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legendarylemur posted...

Am Korean, don't even like Korea,

you dont like your own country? why?
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let us not forget...
South Korea used to be a part of Gangnam Style...

https://youtu.be/VL0sD0Iyjzo?t=15s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I71tdSonTrU

last 3 letters are TrU...

fact that TrUmP knows bout this and other illuminati antics...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he1CgwjNYBY
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faizan_faizan posted...

How does a guy like this become the President of the United States?

I grew up in a very Republican area, talk to the average GOP supporter in 2017 and they will vote for anythang with a R by it (running against a Liberal woman also helped immensely, I'm still shocked we got a half African man who was on the left of the Dem party twice as President)
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Korea use to be part of Japan, not China.
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Japan illegally invaded
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america belonged to the first nations

oh wait
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