RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says presidentwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down110
arrow-up1383arrow-down1external-linkIf China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says presidentwww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 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-squarevolodya_ilich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·2 months agoIf it was “expansionism” that China sought, why stop at Tibet?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoNo, the US isn’t expansionist, it’s imperialist.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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.