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It is ideological, but it isn't anything like China thinking that a "free, democratic society" is a threat. China has gotten incredibly rich under the CCP, the
by ecshafer 2y ago
It is ideological, but it isn't anything like China thinking that a "free, democratic society" is a threat. China has gotten incredibly rich under the CCP, the average stance is that its a great model. China thinks of Taiwan as a rogue province because of nationalism. A country of ethnic Chinese is both a reminder of the century of humiliation, and an affront to the idea of China being the nation of Chinese people. It is no different than Italy desiring Istria or South Tyrol, or Germany wanting Alsace Lorraine.
- est 2y ago> China thinks of Taiwan as a rogue province because of nationalism To explain: Taiwan was like the Jerusalem of CCP. The CCP was originally founded as a Leninism crusade on May 4th 1919 because League of Nations fuck-ups
- NBJack 2y agoI really want to dig into this further. Can you share any good resources (pod casts or equivalent I can listen to) that cover the history here?
- est 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Fourth_Movement#Birth_of_Chinese_communism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Fourth_Movement#Birth_of_C... this is a good place to start.