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China, like every single country in the world, does not have an inherent "core". All its territory was acquired by war, expansion, colonization, and settling. C
by WillPostForFood 7y ago
China, like every single country in the world, does not have an inherent "core". All its territory was acquired by war, expansion, colonization, and settling. China simply has a couple thousand year head start on the new world.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoAnd if we go far enough in the past no current country even existed... That's true, and that also completely irrelevant, and may even be disingenuous rhetoric.
- WillPostForFood 7y agoNo, it is disingenuous to say that China has some inherent claim on places like Tibet because they may have occupied it at some point in the past. China's borders, like most countries, have changed over time and doesn't validate any present day claim.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoI've commented about valid American analogies to what Hongkong is to China and you're accusing me of claiming that China has an "inherent claim over Tibet"? Right... I've nothing more to add.
- WillPostForFood 7y agoNo, but you are using the same phraseology, "core part of China" that China uses to claim Tibet, Taiwan, the South China Sea, Xinjiang, etc.