Founding a Nation in Africa

I'm extremely disappointed by the protagonist's promiscuous behavior. He should either marry a proper wife or take a concubine. The consequences of sleeping around outside the home are severe. Since the protagonist's character is supposed to be revitalizing Chinese culture, shouldn't he be discarding the dross and keeping the essence?

Due to censorship reasons, the founding of this story will follow an imperial system, and the system will change to a constitutional monarchy when the protagonist abdicates.

The author is a staunch critic of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). He disregards TCM in the late 19th century, when its cure rate compared to Western medicine was like alien technology. Anyone with even a basic understanding of medical history knows that modern Western medicine was just emerging at that time, and Western medicine was considered a "butcher's art."

Establishing African nations would be suicidal; they're too far removed from the Chinese population. Most importantly, how do you prevent the "blackening" of Africans after World War II? That's a fatal flaw. If the US had 100 million Black people today, it would self-destruct without needing anyone else to wipe it out. That's why the US is frantically using Latinos to dilute the Black majority.

Thankfully, the main character isn't Black; there were even people who thought he was. 🙂

These past few days, I watched a documentary about the migration to Southeast Asia on Toutiao. It mentioned that by the mid-20th century, more than 10 million people had been forced to travel south by boat as indentured laborers. After watching it, a sense of unease rose within me. I hope this book can offer some hope for changing their situation. 😅

I just finished watching the whole thing, and then I saw it was free for a limited time 😭

It'll probably still be shut down, not for any other reason than its overly strong colonial character—not just ordinary colonization, but active, American-style colonization. It probably won't last long. 🙂

If all you see is a republic, you're bound to see a saintly figure; what's the point of watching? A constitutional monarchy would be fine too, at least it proves the significance of the protagonist's struggle. Those who achieve great things will stop at nothing to achieve their goals; some are cunning and deceitful, some appear noble and righteous, but there will never be a saintly figure or a selfless hero. Because those two are often cannon fodder and the ones being fooled.

Forcing ourselves to kneel before reality, the population migration over 15 years is only around 1 million. Will it even reach tens of millions in our lifetime? For industrialization, the population needs at least 30 million to be self-sufficient. And if the population is less than 100 million by World War I or World War II, just forget about it.