RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoIf China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says presidentwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1419
arrow-up1419external-linkIf China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says presidentwww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years 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_ilich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIf it was “expansionism” that China sought, why stop at Tibet?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoThe U.S. stopped expanding its borders with various Pacific islands in the 1940s. I assume you still consider them expansionist.
minus-squarevolodya_ilich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoNo, the US isn’t expansionist, it’s imperialist.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years 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.