• TomHardy@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    potential invasion of Taiwan from China

    you mfs have been saying for around 30 years that China will invade any second now. Why? They will probably only take actions if the US will deploy some serious weaponry or Taiwan will declare independence (what has implications for the former). The upcoming elections are in January and the US puppet DPP will loose. Why should China take any measures besides waiting, contrary, it will be probably the US who will ignite a color revolution or provoke a war until the elections.

    China keeps entering Japan’s air space

    Source? Whats the end game here to do that? Threaten one of your largest trading partners?

    China supports North Korea, which means that South Korea is against them full stop

    Again, any source? You mean more like the US, and the part of SK that is lobbied by the US? SK’s largest trading partner is China, and China doesn’t have any foreign policies saying they need to “contain” SK, that SK could use some democracy or that they will finance some opposition groups. Same with NK.

    Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia: China has been claiming the South China Sea as theirs

    This is known, but why is it concerning or a threat? Do you know that Philippines and Malaysia are forced to buy military equipment and hold US bases? Of course there will be some counter actions from China. And you equate the dispute over some maritime territory as an existential threat? Who is actually a threat to who?

    Taiwan: no comment

    Oh boy, wait until you find out about all the territorial claims (>20) the government of Taiwan has, your tiny beacon of freedom and democracy.

    It’d be better if everyone just stays home and stops trying to invade other countries

    Yes but people like you enforce US hegemony and presence in other parts of the world.

    This fucking need to build an empire is fucking stupid

    You probably only say that when non-Western countries try to have firm foreign politics decided by themselves. Also, if you imply that China is an empire, then give me a source. Something formal. Sure you will find some BBC or CNN opinion piece that says China will declare world domination any second now. But it is stupid to equate China’s foreign politics with some concepts like the IMF, which gives loans if you privatize company X, remove party Y from upcoming elections, or put this or that person in your government. I don’t see that China, together with its uprise, is forcing their ideology onto to other countries.