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Where is the 'will China invade' come from? Historically it always has been reverse.
by justicezyx 10y ago
Where is the 'will China invade' come from?
Historically it always has been reverse.
- fsloth 10y agoThere was the one abortive attempt by Kublai Khan with flat bottomed boats which went really sour. If that is considered a chinese invasion is a matter of taste I suppose.
- a3n 10y agoA depopulated Japan could easily be an undefended Japan. China is right now working to expand its sphere of territory and influence. They make islands in the ocean where none were before. This scenario is possible if two things happen: weak Japanese self-defense from depopulation, and a successful closing of US bases by either Japanese citizens who resent their presence, or US isolationism.
- protomyth 10y agoIts interesting that the current PM wants to revise their constitution to remove limits on Japan’s military. http://www.wsj.com/articles/japanese-voters-to-render-a-verdict-on-abenomics-national-security-policy-1468111220 http://www.wsj.com/articles/japanese-voters-to-render-a-verd...
- tonyedgecombe 10y agoChina is heading towards its own demographic time bomb as well.
- johan_larson 10y agoThis stuff right here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan
- tankenmate 10y agoObviously Mongolia is not part of China, but Kublai Khan did twice try to invade Japan. Typhoons scuppered both chances (and from which the Kamikaze tradition was born). For most of Japan's history they have had an isolationist stance to the outside world. Obviously this was not the case from between Commander Perry and the end of World War II. With respect to China, for hundreds of years Japan was considered a quasi-vassal state to various Chinese Emperors.