Geography For The Blind

We try to stay on topic in this Brexit Day special

The much anticipated second installment of the VanDeGraph and Ibxtoycat podcast where we pay homage to our new Chinese Overlords Follow up of Canadian Election Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election Local Chinese Elections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_China#Direct_elections Hukou Internal Passport system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou Canada's Investor Immigrant System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Immigrant_Investor_Program Apparently this program was ended in 2014 https://canadianvisa.org/canada-immigration/business/investor-visa However Quebec has its own special immigration system which continued to have this program until it was suspended on November 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 which was before the recording date of this podcast on October 30, 2019 https://www.immigration.ca/quebec-immigrant-investor-program Chinese Language Family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinitic Myriad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad A time zone which certainly does not exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_Time Peking vs Beijing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing Beijing is the romanization as according to the People's Republic of China standard of 1958, where as Peking was the romanization by French Missionaries in the 17th and 18th century. During this time difference language shifts may have occurred as well as the specific dialect chosen as the standard may have been slightly different. Torii Gates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii Picture of people taking pictures of the Leaning Tower of Pisa: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Travel/2016/September/pisa-pictures-of-tourists-l.jpg?imwidth=1400 Sino-Soviet Split: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split China Three Worlds Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Worlds_Theory Western Three Worlds Model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-world_model Crossover Episodes! War of the Heavenly Horses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Heavenly_Horses Battle of Talas with the Abbasid Caliphate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talas An Lushan Rebellion where a Turkic and Sogdian (Iranian group just north of Afghanistan in what is now Tajikistan) General launched a rebellion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Lushan_Rebellion Special Economic Zones of China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_economic_zones_of_China Hong Kong Canadians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Canadians Passport Index: https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php Chinese Dual citizenship is not recognized by the Chinese Government (except Hong Kong and Macau passports which are different) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_nationality_law American Citizens living abroad may need to pay US taxes: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayers-living-abroad Cantonese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese Father of Modern China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen United Front: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_United_Front New Democracy (explains Chinese Flag): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democracy Landlords who are no longer with us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Land_Reform Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics Kuomintang which still exists and can win democratically in Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang One China Policy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-China_policy Two Chinas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Chinas One Country, Two Systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems Hundred Flowers Campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign Five Barbarians (Wu Hu, who also are no longer with us): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei-Jie_war

A discussion on the prospect of Canada falling apart over language and geographic isolation, as well as electoral systems and world superpowers Independent Country of Newfoundland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland Turks and Caicos and Bermuda have expressed interest in joining Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_provinces_and_territories_of_Canada#Current_British_overseas_territories Coral Sea Island Territory (Australia's Hawaii that we forgot to mention by name): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands Senate of Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Canada Saint Pierre and Miquelon, right Canadian territory stolen by France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon World's Longest Skating Rink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rideau_Canal Never Used Fort: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Henry_National_Historic_Site Population Weighted Electoral College: https://www.270towin.com/custom-maps/population-based-electoral-votes Populations of Federal Election Ridings in Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_Canadian_federal_ridings Top Two Primary system used by California: https://ballotpedia.org/Top-two_primary List of Mistresses of France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_France#Past_constitutions Maple Syrup Heist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist