@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 2 months agoIf China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says presidentwww.theguardian.commessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1414
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minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoSo Tibet wasn’t a desirable goal and didn’t give China access to resources? They just did it out of pure altruism?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoIf it was “expansionism” that China sought, why stop at Tibet?
minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoThe U.S. stopped expanding its borders with various Pacific islands in the 1940s. I assume you still consider them expansionist.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoNo, the US isn’t expansionist, it’s imperialist.
minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months 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.