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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 101 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That has literally been their policy since Mao. This is not news.

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Xi seems to see it as a objective he intends to accomplish in his life.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

So did his predecessors.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

First Taiwan then the rest of Asia that isn't India or Russia. They won't stop.

[–] deus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well you're not wrong. But the last time they tried, it was the Vietnamese communists that stopped them. Of course that was on the ass end of 60 years of near continuous combat experience.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

"Never" is always a wrong thing to say.

Oh, we're doing the Red Scare Dominoe Theory again?

It was so fun last time.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree about India, but you seem to overestimate Russia.

The populations and economies are just too different.

If PRC decides it needs the Russian Far East and wants it militarily, it's going to take it. Maybe only the southern parts, they don't need all the empty frozen land. Maybe in 20 years, maybe in 40, maybe in 80 years.

And in the very long term, if China subdues Central Asia in any way, then it can get a piece of southern Siberia too, but that's like trying to predict WWII from Wallenstein's times.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Eventually, if China is successful with its expansions, it will turn to Russia for more. I was talking more in my lifetime what could happen if everyone sits on its hands and lets China do as it pleases.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What importance did Taiwan hold before the chip era to raise Mao ze Donger?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

The fact that it was the last refuge of the Chinese democratic republic he fought against for one thing.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The place is a jewel. Have you learned anything about it? You don’t just randomly become the world’s leading high tech manufacturer. They have great land, great resources, a great trading location, great people, great natural defenses… Any country on Earth would flip to have Taiwan.