Not exactly sure how'd you quantify it, but I think the people of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Singapore, Tibet, Myanmar, and India might take issue with that claim[1].
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Peo...
They've all got bad history. If God existed and was to strike down on the unworthy nations of the world, very few would be spared.
And I dislike this as much as any rational person (hello? rational people...?) but if it came to choosing sides in what appears to be inevitable future conflict, I'd choose the US over China and Russia. I hate that it's the case, but the US, I think, is the least worst option. This may be based purely on cultural familiarity, but, well, there it is.
Very much this.
> In regards to intervention in other countries, China consumes them. Tibet, Taiwan no longer exist according to China.
Oh dear. Taiwan never existed in the first place according to China because they didn't accept them becoming independent. (Protip: google how many countries actually regard Taiwan an independent nation). And Tibet? It has pretty much belonged to China for over 600 years. Tibet has been very poor even compared to China, and over the past 50 years China has greatly supported the region, establishing basic infrastructure like hospitals, schools etc. You usually never hear about this in the west though, since it doesn't fit the whole "free Tibet" narrative.
Yes there is a lot wrong with China, as with any country on this planet. I certainly don't need to get into US atrocities here for some obligatory whataboutism. But at least get your facts straight when criticising. Like when that Falun gong organ harvesting comes up. If you try to unravel this story you find no halfway credible sources and always end up with this Canadian politician who conveniently always resurfaces with that story when some election is coming up. Or recently there was a report about one million captive Uighurs in China (with a population of only 8 million), where the only source was a UN Secretary saying this "not representing the UN"...
It's sad, because we so proudly compare our free press to the state controlled propaganda in China, but for most people just knowing we have a free press equals not ever having to doubt anything the news say, at least not if it's about another country across the world you already know is evil.
(Scroll down and watch the video halfway, where BBC journalists are constantly harassed)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45173573
I get the Chinese government's default position is stonewalling information. But at some point, if people say a thing, and you say it isn't so: you invite them to see for themselves.
The fact that China (and the Soviet Union before it) don't...
Is there any government which believes that Taiwan is an independent country? I thought there were only three positions being held:
1) The People's Republic of China is sovereign overall of China, including mainland and Taiwan.
2) The Republic of China is sovereign overall of China, including mainland and Taiwan.
3) <whistling as we trade with both>
Apparently!
