RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World NewsEnglish · 7 months agoIf China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says presidentwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down113
arrow-up1406arrow-down1external-linkIf China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says presidentwww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World NewsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoSo Tibet wasn’t a desirable goal and didn’t give China access to resources? They just did it out of pure altruism?
minus-squarevolodya_ilich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·7 months agoIf it was “expansionism” that China sought, why stop at Tibet?
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoThe U.S. stopped expanding its borders with various Pacific islands in the 1940s. I assume you still consider them expansionist.
minus-squarevolodya_ilich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·7 months agoNo, the US isn’t expansionist, it’s imperialist.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoOh, ok, well then China is also imperialist. I guess we’re done.
So Tibet wasn’t a desirable goal and didn’t give China access to resources? They just did it out of pure altruism?
If it was “expansionism” that China sought, why stop at Tibet?
The U.S. stopped expanding its borders with various Pacific islands in the 1940s. I assume you still consider them expansionist.
No, the US isn’t expansionist, it’s imperialist.
Oh, ok, well then China is also imperialist. I guess we’re done.