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I think the word you want is colonized, not modernized.
by cdmckay 7y ago
I think the word you want is colonized, not modernized.
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- mc32 7y agoSure but colonization has pretty much always brought modernization with it: Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, Spanish, etc. But on the flip side, often times the local pop suffers great losses.
- jplayer01 7y agoI think that's what he means when he says modernize. As in "modernize". Seems entirely intentional to me on several levels. I'm sure the Chinese do see it as modernizing, even if the reality is much more despicable.