When it comes to annexation, China doesn't threaten, they just invade and extinguish.

kingofthehill98 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, I remember clearly when China invaded/bombed: Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Panama, Syria...

dragonwriter 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You absolutely should remember the Chinese war with the first of those; if you have trouble, a good way to remind yourself is that it was not long after the US one.

	▲	coldtea 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, so getting 1 out of 10 he mentioned, even if it's their direct neighbor (where disputes happen for all countries), ain't bad! This absolutely means they're the same /s

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rib3ye 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War

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Xunjin 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Could you give me some examples? Which wars do you have in mind?

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skippyboxedhero 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Tibet, Manchuria, it should be somewhat obvious that a nation that is as ethnically diverse as China was not a nation borne out of lots of different people deciding simultaneously that they would like to create a country together.

What is modern China has only existed for 100 years or so. When the country collapsed there were ethnic divisions that were erased after the country was unified.

The hallmark of successful ethnic cleansing is people claiming that there were never any wars, that things were always this way. The same is true of Kaliningrad, the most German city, centuries of history as a leading nation within Germany and the HRE, now a completely Russian city. It is only in the West that you see any narrative around division, in places like China or Russia history is erased (and how could it be any other way, the cornerstone of Chinese politics is one nation, one people...there is no political value in this narrative in Western countries).

	▲	deadfoxygrandpa 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		manchuria? are you sure that's a good example?

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rib3ye 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Tibet_by_the_Peo...

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nick__m 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Could you give a recent example? Because your example is as pertinent as the overthrowing of Guatemala's democratically elected President in 1954 by the CIA.

	▲	rib3ye 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't remember the U.S. federal government declaring Guatemala a U.S. territory and asking all Guatemalans to change their official language. What China did in Tibet is closer to what the U.S. did with Hawaii.

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toasty228 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And when it comes to the US, every accusation is a confession.

	▲	rib3ye 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It certainly wasn't a denial. China could learn a lot from that.