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    717 hours ago

    Annexation of Tibet (1950-1951)

    Invasion of Paracel Islands (1974)

    Southern Mongolia Annexation (1947-1949)

    Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute: China claims the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands), which are currently controlled by Japan but also claimed by Taiwan.

    PROC claims Taiwan as a province, but Taiwan operates as a de facto independent country.

    South China Sea (Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia), PROC claims nearly the entire South China Sea under its “Nine-Dash Line”, leading to conflicts with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and others.

    India - China claims Arunachal Pradesh as “South Tibet.”

    But it’s important to point out that “China” isn’t a country, rather a region. The country people generally refer to when they say “China” is the PROC. If you go back 1000 years there was no “China” country, there was the Ming Empire in the China region. I understand this perspective bothers people, but consider this, if you need to reduce countries to regions then you’re going to be bothered for the rest of your life.

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      -116 hours ago

      Annexation of Tibet (1950-1951)

      Southern Mongolia Annexation (1947-1949)

      Civil-war era. Calling the liberation of Tibet expansionism is wild.

      The rest are basically border conflicts which literally every country in the old continent have.

      If you go back 1000 years there was no “China” country, there was the Ming Empire in the China region

      You’d be hard-pressed to find a big country with such preservation of language, traditions, culture, architecture and artistic styles, etc. the way China does, idk what’s your point