• HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    That’s the most ignorant thing I’ve ever heard in my life.

    But it’s true.

    No, of course they don’t have expansionist ambitions, because they consider a large part of Siberia theirs, including Primosky Krai which was ceded by the Qing

    This article was literally about China not wanting Primosky Krai, and the president of Taiwan asking why.

    You didn’t read the article, did you?

    • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      No, they want it back, they’ve had discussions during the cold war and since.

      He’s saying they’re not doing anything about it now:

      Complete restoration of China’s losses in that time is a driving narrative of the CCP, and today is largely focused on Taiwan.

      However, Lai, who was elected president in January, noted that China also lost land to Russia during that period but was not making any effort to take it back

      He’s saying Taiwan is just a noisy point to distract the domestic hardliners, which it is.

      Russia is literally vulnerable now and 100% dependent on China, they could ask for it back if they wanted, but what China wants is the political issue.