There is no Jesus in Israel

 the relationship between Judaism and Jesus

Kim Jong-chul, a documentary director, quotes from the book "There Is No Jesus in Israel," which contains the relationship between Judaism and Jesus, which he summarized while covering Jews.

The documentary video 'Recovery' related to this is also attached in Part 2.

Jerusalem has the Golden Temple, the most sacred place for 1.7 billion Muslims around the world, and is also a sacred place for 2.1 billion Christians and 14 million Jews. In Jerusalem, a Christian holy place with 2.1 billion believers, how does Jesus exist? In conclusion, no trace of Jesus can be found anywhere in Jerusalem, the holy place of Christianity. 

Ambulances carrying emergency patients around the world have red cross marks on them. But Israeli ambulances don't have a red cross mark. This is because the cross of the Red Cross means the cross of Jesus. Instead, in Israel, ambulances are painted with blue stars of David instead of the Red Cross.

In the equation 1+2=3, all countries share the same equation 

' Use +'. However, Israel does not use the '+' symbol, but instead uses '''. Also, as we drive along, we meet the intersection where the road meets. The intersection is almost '+'. What does it look like in Israel? In Israel, a round flower bed is installed in the center of the intersection, unless it is inevitable, to make a rotary so that the road does not become a cross. 

Why is it so taboo in Israel to even think of Jesus as a cross? 

Jews are classified as orthodox, conservative, and reformist within Israel. Among them, orthodoxy can be called conservative, which is called 'Hashidim'. They are proud that their people are the people chosen by God. God is a holy man. Therefore, the people who have been chosen by God are also holy people. They think that holy people should be different from ordinary people in everything, such as eating, wearing, and living. They don't have jobs and they don't work to make money. He reads only the scriptures 365 days a year and only prays for the country and the people. And I think the general public should support and feed them. And Judaism doesn't do missionary work or evangelism. Although there are differences in degree from sect to sect, Jews think that they are the only people chosen by God and that even if black or Asian people believe in Judaism, they cannot be chosen by God. 

Why do Jews not recognize Jesus as the Messiah? 

You have to go back to Genesis to know it. The Israelites have been colonized for thousands of years, invaded by other countries such as Persia and Rome. So the Jews always wanted someone powerful to emerge and save them from this tedious reality of oppression. The savior is the Messiah. 

Messiah, the son of God, wanted to come down to earth with a huge army of angels and save the Israelites oppressed by Rome. But Jesus was out of touch with the messiah they had expected. He was the son of a carpenter in Nazareth, an unknown rural neighborhood, and had no strong organization or military power, and only 12 disciples from the countryside were gathered. He did not think of defeating the Romans, but only said to love the enemy. 

Jesus also spoke and acted contrary to the existing Jewish laws. 

Jews, for example, observe the Sabbath thoroughly. There is a clear distinction between what can and should not be done on the Sabbath. The criteria are things that change when I do something. Today, for example, you should not move your car, bake, cook, or buy things. Therefore, it is unimaginable to travel by car on the Sabbath. In the case of high-rise hotels, you should not press the elevator button. So on days like this, hotels set elevators to stop on all floors. Also, you cannot turn on or turn off any power switch at home. However, we cannot live without electricity. So the alternative is that all appliances have timers so that they work without people touching them. In this way, in everything in life, the Jews kept the Sabbath thoroughly. 

On the Sabbath, Jesus healed a 38-year-old sick man in the pond of Bethesda. He also ordered the sick person to "get up and go there." Jesus' act of "acting to change the situation" was a direct violation of the law to law scholars and rabbis. 

But Jesus answered, "If a sheep falls into a pit, shouldn't they be taken out on the Sabbath? What is the problem with treating a sick person on the Sabbath? The Sabbath is for men, not for the Sabbath." 

In addition, the law prohibits conversation with strangers or having meals together, and Jesus met the stranger and sat at the table and ate together. In addition, Serijang, a lowly profession at the time, treated Sakgaeo equally with religious leaders. These words and actions of Jesus were unacceptable to Jewish law scholars and rabbis, and were also acts that fundamentally shook their position. So at that time, for Jewish law scholars, Jesus was not recognized as a messiah, but was an object to be removed.

about Freddie Mercury

 Freddie gave off a lot of charisma and energy on the stage, but he was an introverted, shy man in real life

I was always lonely off stage.

He had numerous believers all over the world, but as he said in his will, he was discriminated against for not being the original Englishman and was tired of the unusually harsh critics' bad reviews.

None of the pop musicians who had such great success as Queen would have received such poor reviews from critics.

Before his death, he said in his will, "I don't want people to know about his tomb," and his family built his tomb in a place where no one knew.

But Freddie's congregation finally finds his tomb in a park cemetery in London.

His real name Farrokh Bolsara and the same simple grave from birth to death...

One day, the tomb suddenly disappears as his followers gather from all over the world.

It is a song about the winter scenery of the lake seen out of the window at Queen's recording studio in Montreux, a small city by Lake Lehman in Switzerland where Freddie Mercury was once said to be the most beautiful place in the world.

It is the most lyrical song among Queen's songs and comes to mind every winter.

People only think of Freddie Mercury's outstanding singing ability among his musical talents, but he was as outstanding as his singing ability in composition.

It's the last song he wrote in his life and it's from Queen's last album, Made in Heaven.

 

"When we're behind the stage, the lights go out in the audience, and the enthusiastic shouts of the audience are heard, I love it like Freddie and I don't really accept the affection and worship that the audience gives.

I praised him for being able to do that. I was jealous."

---Kurt Cobain---

The Largest Library of the Joseon Dynasty - Gyujanggak

 In March 1776, King Jeongjo, a 25-year-old young king, became the 22nd king of Joseon. The day after King Jeongjo ascended to the throne, he ordered what he had planned since his time as Seson. It was to install Kyujanggak. -Gyujanggak, which used to be located in the best-viewed background in Changdeokgung Palace, had several annexes, but now all other annexes besides Juhapru and Seohyanggak have disappeared, so you can only guess the old appearance from Donggwado Island, which depicts the palace's topography in detail. During the 25 years of King Jeongjo's reign, more than 5,000 books of 168 species were compiled in Gyujanggak, which was worth taking the academic culture of the Joseon Dynasty to the next level. King Jeongjo's personal collection, Hongjaejeonseo, King Jeongjo's diary, Ilseongrok, and Far Away, which records the 60th anniversary of Hong's death in Hyegyeonggung Palace, are compiled in Gyujanggak. King Jeongjo was also eager to import books from China. In particular, King Jeongjo ordered the collection of 10,000 volumes of ancient and ancient books, which were compiled from Chinese history during the Ganghui Festival of the Qing Dynasty. Gyujanggak had a printing shop outside the palace, and the woodblock prints stored in it suggest the printing level of Gyujanggak, which was active at the time. In addition, Gyujanggak was built on Ganghwa Island to systematically store books, and it was comparable in size as a royal library. King Jeongjo placed Gyujanggak at a close distance, especially favorably, to make it an instrument to strengthen his royal authority. Therefore, the minister of Gyujanggak was with King Jeongjo from morning to night, and he was able to directly express his opinions on various matters of the court as well as his studies, and participated in the competition held by the king. As such, Gyujanggak Gaksin, who gained the absolute trust of the king, was the highest honor as a civil official. Gyujanggak was the closest organization to the king throughout the functions of major national institutions such as Seungjeongwon, Saheonbu, Saganwon, and Hongmungwan. It was a powerful authority in itself to have the nation's supreme ruler close by day and night. Moreover, King Jeongjo treated Kyujanggak specially so that he would not be influenced by other departments of the government or the party, and the privilege was very unconventional. Even if customers came, they were not allowed to get up from their seats, and if each of them made a mistake and had to investigate, they had to obtain permission from the king. In this way, King Jeongjo gave them independence and autonomy so that Kyujanggak's officials would not be interfered with by the ruling forces in the government. - King Jeongjo was 11 years old when his father, Crown Prince Sado, died tragically. After that, until he ascended the throne at the age of 25, King Jeongjo was always in danger. King Jeongjo was always checked and threatened, and the safety of his life was also in danger. During the time of King Jeongjo's death, he always had to live nervously, and even when he slept, he could not take off his clothes and went to bed. Under these circumstances, King Jeongjo, who became king, was most urgent to establish the authority of the king, weakened by the Dangdang, and needed the closest hands, feet, and brains to help his politics. The role was entrusted to Kyujanggak. King Jeongjo established a personnel system that could not be interfered with from outside so that each minister could work according to his conviction, and selected each minister carefully. What was particularly important in selecting each member of Gyujanggak was to evenly appoint talented people without leaning toward the party. Thus, fresh and outstanding talent was selected to help King Jeongjo's politics regardless of the no-ron, the no-ron, and the men. In addition, those who did not see the light because of their high ability and knowledge were appointed as inspection officers who corrected and compiled Kyujanggak's books so that they could fulfill their will based on the studies and knowledge they encountered at Gyujanggak. Gyujanggak had a patrol tattoo system. The patrol tattoo system was a so-called elite curriculum that selected young people under the age of 37 from among the past tattoos and required them to study at Gyujanggak until the age of 40. The reason why King Jeongjo selected and educated young officials as patrol tattoos was to change the habit of being negligent after the past because he was busy only in the past, along with the intention of selecting young officials who were not colored by party colors. King Jeongjo, who was deeply educated enough to teach his subjects, not only directly educated the patrol tattoos, but also directly involved in tests and rewards. From the 5th to 24th of King Jeongjo's reign, 138 people were selected as patrol tattoos 10 times, more than half of them advanced to high-ranking positions, and according to the list of Yi Jo Pan-seo, who was in charge of 52 officials from the late King Jeongjo to the reign of King Sunjo, 29 out of a total of 65. King Jeongjo carried out his politics through carefully selected Kyujang Cabinet ministers. -First of all, King Jeongjo selected excellent local Confucian scholars nationwide through Minister Gyujanggak. It was used as an opportunity to engage in public opinion politics by listening to local residents' grievances and evaluations of the central government from selected Confucian scholars. In addition, King Jeongjo dispatched secret royal inspector more often than before and left school directly for details to be investigated, mainly sending Kyujanggak patrol tattoos to the temple. This was for King Jeongjo to directly correct the discipline of lax local officials. In other words, he allowed his will to spread throughout the country. In addition, King Jeongjo abolished the "golden sovereignty," which had previously been the privilege of merchants during wartime. This led to the development of commerce in the late Joseon Dynasty, and at the same time, it took a heavy toll on the forces that had benefited from the economic benefits of privileged merchants. In addition, King Jeongjo published many books, including "The Great Traditional Edition," which was supplemented with "Sokjeon" to systematically organize and spread the political achievements, and "Hwanggeuk Edition," which revealed the cause of the party conflict from King Seonjo to King Sukjong. Gyujanggak was always next to King Jeongjo, who reformed practices and systems and led academics and politics. As a result, Joseon entered a period of brilliant literary revival about 300 years after King Sejong. ---------------------------------------------------------- King Jeongjo had the Chogye tattoos stay overnight in the palace for a week, reading the Analects and memorizing two or four books every day. And I took oral and essay tests once a month, and sometimes I took as many as five tests a month. Chogye Tattoo studied mainly the Three Sages, including university and Analects, and King Jeongjo especially encouraged free scriptural interpretation and academic discussion. This was possible because King Jeongjo himself was well-educated enough to teach his subjects. Oh, and if you fail the test, you'll be investigated by the Department of Medicine or something. a saying that is true

A country whose dynasties were deposed because of foreign powers...

 The Joseon Dynasty... A lot of people here might hate them. But no matter how much I hate it, are you saying it's good that I was deposed by foreign aggression, not by the hands of my own hands? There's nothing more shameful and disgraceful than a foreign country to depose its own dynasty. Honestly, the last kings of Joseon did their best and did everything they could. However, the meaning of the king is not reflected properly because his servants who cheat the king run state affairs. The kings of Joseon were relatively too democratic. If he were a king of another country, he would wield powerful power and carry out his will constantly. However, it seems that the kings of Joseon are often swayed by their subjects. The last kings of Joseon fought for the independence of Korea. Unlike Lee Wan-yong and such trash traffickers, they fought for Daehan. The existence of a traitor like Lee Wan-yong is a real shame and a great shame. Joseon had no choice but to go to the constitutional monarchy as an example of other countries. Rather, it might have been much better for the Joseon Dynasty to be maintained. The king is a symbol that goes beyond politics and is the center of national integrity, nationality, harmony and unity. If the Joseon Dynasty had been maintained, we might not have split north and south. And even if it's split, South Korea has a true legitimacy. (Communism does not tolerate kings.) Although the Constitution of the Republic of Korea regards North Korean territory as a territory of the Republic of Korea, the world does not see it that way, and the Korean government does not. However, if the royal family of the Korean Empire is in South Korea, there is a legitimacy that no one can deny. In addition, various traditions can come down to make various cultural products possible. The lives of the imperial descendants of the Korean Empire became very miserable. Princess Deokhye eventually became mentally ill and died in loneliness and suffering. It might have been much better to have the people rise up and cut off the head of the royal family like France. And even if a dynasty exists, democracy is absolutely not lost. England and Japan also have dynasties. And Britain is a representative of democracy. To think about this, the modern history of our country is truly lamentable.

Japan develops atomic bombs in Heungnam and seeks to turn the world around

 In order to reverse the situation of World War II, Japan developed an atomic bomb in Heungnam (now Hamheung, Hamgyeongnam-do), North Korea, and even completed an explosion test in the sea, drawing attention.      MBC's "Now I Can Say It" will make the claim in the "Unfinished Secret Project - Japan's Atomic Bomb Development" (planned by Kim Hwan-kyun, directed by Park Gun-sik), which will air on the 12th.      The reason why the production team raised Japan's "Development and Experiment of North Korea's Heungnam Atomic Bomb" was because a confidential information report by the Allied Command (GHQ) was discovered in 1947 by Wilcox (author of "Secret of War" who was a former U.S. journalist. The report, written by U.S. lieutenant colonel Cecil at the time and called the Cecil Report, records that Japan had developed an atomic bomb in Heungnam, North Korea during World War II.      The Cecil Report is based on an article published in the U.S. newspaper "Atlanta" on October 3, 1946. "This information was obtained while David Snell, an agent of the U.S. Criminal Investigation Agency, was interrogating Wakabayashi, a Japanese officer, shortly after the end of the war," the Atlanta Shimbun reported at the time. The Wakabayashi newspaper, later named the Snell Report, said, "In the early morning of August 12, 1945, there was a huge explosion off the coast of Heungnam, accompanied by flash and mushroom clouds." In the end, the U.S. government conducted a full reinvestigation of Heungnam immediately after these reports, and concluded that Japan developed an atomic bomb in Heungnam the following year and completed a secret experiment.      In addition to atomic bombs in Heungnam, the Allied Command's intelligence report also states that Japan has been carrying out production of German-made long-range missiles V1 and V2 under the code name "NZ" that terrorized the entire UK in 1944. It was later discovered that the code name NZ was the same name as Hitler's atomic bomb development plan.      The production team also added testimony from those who witnessed the production plant in Heungnam at the time. Moon Bong-soo, a student at Heungnam Technical School at the time, said, "Unlike ordinary factories, it was built of concrete on all sides like nuclear power plants," adding, "I asked other people and heard that they were making high-performance bombs."      Choi Ki-sun, a factory researcher at the time, also won the postwar Nobel Prize, and Hideki Yugawa, a key member of Japan's atomic bomb development, testified that he frequently appeared in Heungnam with a group of people.      In addition, Leon Thompson, an American who was a member of the Atomic Bomb Investigation Team of the Allied Command shortly after the end of the war, said in an interview with the production team, "I could see the atomic bomb designation through the Japanese, and I can't remember the exact name, but I heard that the Japanese military built the largest facility somewhere in North Korea.      Why did Japan set up an atomic bomb development plant in Heungnam, North Korea, not in its own country, which is the best place to develop atomic bombs under all conditions such as Heungnam and electricity? The production team is once again looking back at the situation in mainland Japan and the geographical conditions of Heungnam.      After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan continued to win consecutive wars against the United States, but lost its leadership in the Battle of Midway in May 1942. In a hurry, Japan needed special measures to reverse the war at once, and the military ordered Dr. Yoshio Nishina, the top master of Japanese science, to develop an atomic bomb.      In response, Dr. Nishina, led by the University of Tokyo's Chemical Research Institute, carried out a plan to develop an atomic bomb called "Niho Research" in secret, and finally succeeded in separating uranium 235 from uranium raw materials through particle accelerators. Uranium was imported in large quantities into submarines through Germany.      However, when the U.S. launched an air strike on mainland Japan in March 1945, the situation was not favorable. The Institute of Chemical Technology, which was the center of atomic bomb development, was also destroyed by indiscriminate air strikes by B-29 bombers. In preparation for this, however, Japan built a separate research center in the village of Ishigawa, four hours away from Tokyo, and continued its research.      On the other hand, Japan has turned to the excitement of North Korea. At that time, Heungnam was a large-scale industrial city such as Pohang and Changwon. Heungnam peaked in the 1940s and had a total site of 6 million pyeong with 45,000 employees. Heungnam also developed the Yalu River water system, allowing 3.2 million kilowatts of electricity to be used. This was more than half of the power usage in mainland Japan. Electricity was also a prerequisite for the development of atomic bombs.      The U.S. also paid attention to this point, scouting the Heungnam area several times from February 1945 and targeted it as a major attack target, and later, when Heungnam entered the sphere of influence of North Korea and the Soviet Union, it devastated Heungnam during the Korean War.      Director Park Kun-sik said, "Japan is the first and biggest victim of nuclear radiation on earth, but as Prime Minister Sato won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974, we are now a country that can make nuclear weapons in 90 days."

Circumcision is the world's No. 1... history of circumcision

 Circumcision has a very long history. Guess it probably started in the Middle East in the Neolithic Age. Now, of course, the oldest surviving reference to circumcision is that Abraham and his family, slaves, and Gasol are all circumcised in the Genesis of the Bible Genesis. It's only assumed that the meaning of circumcision was a kind of burnt offering, perhaps beyond the era of human sacrifice. In other words, it is only assumed that it may mean a religious meaning of "sacrifice" only a part of the body, not a sacrifice in the past that took away lives. The Abrahamic period of Genesis is only about 4,000 years ago. The evidence that circumcision existed before then is that some of the Egyptian mummies that are about 6,000 years old are preserved under circumcision That's not to say that not all Egyptians were doing a circuit at the time. Some people think that the circuit of the Egyptians was a very humiliating ritual of being prisoners of war or slaves.So some people think that this "humiliating ritual" was embraced by the Jewish people who were enslaved in Egypt The Jews continued this ancient religious ritual, the circuit, to the modern day. Of course, historically, there was a lot of persecution of circumcision by Greeks, Romans, Europeans, Muslims, except for Jews, did circumcision, and it's the circumcision of Muslims that now accounts for most of the world's circulation in the world. While Jewish circumcision is a requirement to be Jewish and a religious ceremony held after eight days of age, Islamic circumcision is just a "recommendation" and there is no specific time limit. As a result, there are various aspects of circulation, and depending on the country and tribe, it is implemented from childhood to just before marriage. Interestingly, the circumcision of our country, which has nothing to do with Islam, has a similar pattern. What's interesting is that other than the Middle East, some African tribal countries that are not Muslim, some Native Australians and some South American Indians seem to have been doing the circuit for a long time, regardless of Islam. This suggests that the source of circumcision could go into the Paleolithic. Circumcision, which was mainly limited to religious rituals and rituals of passage in Muslim and Jewish cultures, became popular in Britain and the United States by the end of the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century, Britain and the United States had a "Victorian" motivation to reduce self-defense, reduce energy, and reduce the number of sex. All kinds of sex were bad and there was a pervasive notion of a kind of "necessary evil" that was only necessary to have children. As a result, circumcision has begun to be recommended as a way to reduce self-defense and reduce energy. Circumcision has also spread to other English-language cultures such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, but these days, it is almost disappearing from England, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The United States is also declining, but more than half of the population is still doing circulation when they are newborns. Circumcision in the U.S. spreads to South Korea and the Philippines. Our country was introduced around 1945. Interestingly, the circulation of the Philippines and Korea was influenced by the United States, but it was not mainly performed when it was a newborn, but "regardless of age." This is similar to the Muslim aspect, which in Korea may have been influenced by the American mini-series "Roots," which was shown in the 70s. In world history, an example of many people receiving circulation regardless of age in a short period of time like our country is probably not easy to find even if we go to the Bible era. - Source: NAVER. - For your information, Korea is the world's No. 1 circuit. Korea 80% Israel 70% US 55% China & Japan 3% Europe less than 1%

What happened in the death of Deng Xiaoping in 1997

 As we get to the story of the Chinese split... ...I remember what happened at the time. During the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989, Deung So-pyeong slaughtered about 7,000 people and withdrew instead. Cho Ja-yang, who was considered a likely successor, was put under house arrest. Died a few months ago. Kang Taek-min, who was in the Shanghai market, was appointed as his successor in Beijing... ...and Deng Xiaoping's power has not been lost. Mo Taek-dong, who stepped down after the failure of the Great Leap Forward Movement, has the loyalty of generals. He further encourages capitalism in China in 1992 when he looks back at the Southern Special Economic Zone called "South Sunghwa." In other words, democracy is unacceptable, but capitalism is accepted... ...and half the arguments of Tiananmen students. In fact, from this point on, China is closer to a capitalist country than a communist one. After Deng Xiaoping took power in 1978, capitalism was gradually realized, but in the 1990s, it was much closer to that. But there are still orthodox communists in the Communist Party of China... ...who are older people like Yang Sang-gon, who are from the guerrillas, and some of them even had military power that was called warlords only a few years ago. In addition, there were many rivals of Prime Minister Lee Bung and Gyoseok who faithfully carried out the Tiananmen massacre in response to Deng So-pyeong's verbal dispute. Plus they're mostly orthodox communists... ...who run against Kang Taek-min's capitalist policies. For this reason, Kang Taek-min's regime is at stake in its early days... ...and can be pushed back to the Reds at any time... ...or China can be divided into capitalism and communism... ...and this story is misleading to the international community. In fact, at that time, Guangdong Province in southern China was the most prosperous capitalist paradise in the world as a special economic zone, while the interior was a red, backward country... ...and very heterogeneous. Guangdong Province has been a window for Western culture since the arrival of Portuguese people in the 16th century, so it is very open to foreign culture, with Sun Moon's Kuomintang Second Government established there in 1917. But at the end of the century, it was once again a window of foreign culture. However, there were many factors of good fortune in China, one of which was the long-lasting vegetation of Deng Xiaoping. From the end of 1994 to the death of early 1997, it became a return letter without dying for nearly three years, and I think this was a great dance for Kang Taek-min. Deng Xiaoping respected both the old members of the carrot Communist Party and the conservatives... ...Kang Taek-min's technology officer in capitalism. That's how you use the power of the old man in the back room. However, if he dies suddenly, Kang Taek-min is attacked by old people and conservative communists. In the meantime, it lasted a long time as a return letter... ...so Kang Taek-min was able to clean up these "real red" who were getting in the way. You can put forward the title of Deng So-pyeong's successor. At that time, novels about China's division were pouring in from the United States, Japan, and Korea. Good luck to China. In February 1997, Deng So-pyeong was punished by the Tiananmen massacre, and he died a few months before he entered Hong Kong (July). Hong Kongers were terrified when the return was decided in the 1980s, but in the 1990s, they accepted it with nationalistic feelings. The continent is capitalizing. Cantonality right in front of you is the Mecca. After the return of Hong Kong, Kang Taek-min cleans up the opposition at a major party and political leaders' meeting that year. School seats are down, Lee Bung is down, and cold rice. 1997 will be an important year for China too, but first get Hong Kong back and one absolute monarch disappears. The Chinese emperor, such as the Kuomintang government of the Kuomintang, Mao Zedong, etc., maintained his power even when one person left office with absolute power. Unwavering loyalty of the generals, but Kang Taek-min did not have that absolute power. wiped out the oppositionHowever, he is only the head of a collective dictatorship. As a result, Hugeum handed over power to Hugeumdo last year, and I know that Hugeumdo was also nominated by Deng So-pyeong. Also, China has become a complete capitalist country, but the old communist pain has been eliminated. There are still communists inside under the title of the Communist Party of China, but even Kang Taek-min showed the intention of Park Chung-hee's development dictatorship that China should have democracy... ...but it's too early. These events in China at the end of the century may be one of the most amazing milestones in Chinese history. Of course, China should eventually become a well-off country. At the same time in Taiwan, democratization progressed, and the Chinese nation was developing side by side. After President Lee Deung-hwi in 1988, progressive democratization progressed, and the first presidential election system in 1996. Perhaps this is the first time in Chinese history that ordinary people have chosen the supreme ruler. The Kuomintang finally stepped down in the presidential election in 2000 and the Democratic Progressive Party took power. The change of government. At the end of the century, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan showed remarkable progress in democratization as the economy developed. That's what Chinese young people are all about. The Chinese people are always poor, they're always suffering from corrupt officials, absolute monarchs, they disappear for thousands of years.