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In terms of arrogance and sanctimoniousness, yes. Ask the Vietnamese, Tibetans, Koreans, Uighurs and Burmese about Chinese "isolationism". Britain: I now cont
by girzel 8y ago
In terms of arrogance and sanctimoniousness, yes.
Ask the Vietnamese, Tibetans, Koreans, Uighurs and Burmese about Chinese "isolationism".
Britain: I now control you. [My boats can reach you.]
China: You are now me. [You were on my border, now you're inside my border.]
The trappings of colonialism are remarkably similar.
- mistermann 8y agoIf more people had basic knowledge of unbiased history, I think there'd be much less vitriol and silly uninformed opinion based (mistaken as fact-based) disagreements on forums.
- mistermann 8y agoJudging by downvotes, in the spirit of lifelong learning would it then be prudent to conclude that more people having a basic knowledge of history would be a bad thing? Or that it wouldn't decrease opinionated arguing on forums?
- true_religion 8y agoI would call the china situation actual conquest, rather than colonialism. Its the way the usa works as well. Hawaii did not become a colony, but a part of America.