For example, China operates 1 foreign military base, in Djibouti. How many do you think the U.S. has in the South China Sea alone?

Beyond that, how many people has China killed in foreign military conflicts in the past 40 years? How many foreign governments have they overthrown?

Instead of all this, they’ve used their resources not only to become the world’s economic superpower but also to lift 800 million people out of poverty, accounting for 75% of the world’s reduction during the past 4 decades. The U.S. has added 10 million during that same time period.

why use 40 years as the example? its a pretty convenient framing to exclude the foreign governments its toppled. eg. tibet.

the government in exile remains the government in exile.

youd have some standing if china dropped control over its imperial holdings, rather than pretend theyre part of china