RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoIf China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says presidentwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down113
arrow-up1405arrow-down1external-linkIf China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says presidentwww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoSo Tibet wasn’t a desirable goal and didn’t give China access to resources? They just did it out of pure altruism?
minus-squarevolodya_ilichlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·16 days agoIf it was “expansionism” that China sought, why stop at Tibet?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoThe U.S. stopped expanding its borders with various Pacific islands in the 1940s. I assume you still consider them expansionist.
minus-squarevolodya_ilichlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·16 days agoNo, the US isn’t expansionist, it’s imperialist.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoOh, ok, well then China is also imperialist. I guess we’re done.
So Tibet wasn’t a desirable goal and didn’t give China access to resources? They just did it out of pure altruism?
If it was “expansionism” that China sought, why stop at Tibet?
The U.S. stopped expanding its borders with various Pacific islands in the 1940s. I assume you still consider them expansionist.
No, the US isn’t expansionist, it’s imperialist.
Oh, ok, well then China is also imperialist. I guess we’re done.