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I am sorry but I fail to see how China being influential (which is already true to a large extent) would cause the world to be a worse place than it already is.
by paradite 9y ago
I am sorry but I fail to see how China being influential (which is already true to a large extent) would cause the world to be a worse place than it already is.
You could argue that what's going on in China is bad for Chinese people, but China's influence outside its border is much less significant.
This is going off tangent, but I would just like to point out that until now, China has not been deploying troops around the world and over-throwing foreign governments.
- 86go 9y ago...except threatening Taiwan with war? And ask the people in Tibet and (some) in Hongkong.
- paradite 9y agoAs far as I know, all the places you mentioned are either Chinese territory or disputed Chinese territory. All of them are recognized by most countries (most likely including yours) as part of China. Can you name a sovereign state recognized globally that is being threatened by China militarily?
- EduardoBautista 9y agoLet's be honest. China has all the historical motivation to be hostile towards Japan. The only reason why they are not is because it's protected by the USA.
- paradite 9y agoLet's not assume everyone likes war, especially Chinese people who lost so much despite winning WW2. China has no interest in starting a war with Japan, with or without USA. Yes there is historical resentment, but people in our generation are rational, peace-seeking and pragmatic.
- wangii 9y agoyes, China invaded Japan in 1937 and killed at least 20m people, and US allied with Japan fought back Chinese and they happily live together thereafter.
- sgift 9y ago"Disputed Chinese territory" - by that definition it is easy to invade whoever you want. Just say it's your territory and you are good to go.
- paradite 9y agoIt is fascinating that when trying to cover different perspectives in one sentence, I have unknowingly made a problematic definition.
- 86go 9y agoTaiwan is de-facto sovereign and you know it.
- paradite 9y agoYes, I know it. So let's just say that China being influential is bad for China and Taiwan. Case closed?
- 86go 9y agoTaiwan is de-facto sovereign and you know it.
- 86go 9y agoTaiwan is de-facto sovereign and you know it.
- threatofrain 9y agoI don't think popular belief thought that Tibet was part of China, and I think some would be surprised to hear that Tibet is merely a territory, free for settling. China is free to rename the territory without fanfare if it wishes, just as it has already dismantled the inconvenient Dalai Lama Buddhist institution. The only reason why China hasn't rolled tanks into Taiwan is because of logistical or political inconvenience, otherwise China could treat Taiwan just the same as Tibet.
- specializeded 9y agoThat might be because China hasn’t been a superpower for very long, they’ve literally not been able to project that sort of force. Bit disingenuous to imply that’s solely because of policy, not reality and vice versa.
- paradite 9y agoYou make a very good point. I can't really make a judgement now. I am just talking based on my biased experience with the official narratives. I guess we can only wait and see for ourselves.