There is a fundamental difference between China and the country who spent the century before WWII imperializing asia and who never had a meaningful break from the war-era political machine; with many of the same politicians or their kids joining the LDP who’s been in power and rewriting Japan’s history ever since.
That’s not to say I don’t take issue with the historical perceptions of Chinese people I talk to over here, but there’s no equivalent.
Yeah that’s how you deal with US bases when the US puts bases all around your country with the intent of using them to invade you.
their ever increasing territorial claims
They’ve only given up land territories, and in the case of the ocean, are expanding in response to countries hosting hostile military bases.
Before the 9 dash line, they had the 11 dash line, they gave 2 dashes to vietnam after it was made clear vietnam wasn’t going to host a US military base.
Then they invaded them a few years later, but dogshit foreign policy resulting from the sino-soviet split is another discussion.
Yes, look at all the countries they’ve invaded.
What?
There is a fundamental difference between China and the country who spent the century before WWII imperializing asia and who never had a meaningful break from the war-era political machine; with many of the same politicians or their kids joining the LDP who’s been in power and rewriting Japan’s history ever since.
That’s not to say I don’t take issue with the historical perceptions of Chinese people I talk to over here, but there’s no equivalent.
No look at the countries they plan to invade, and their ever increasing territorial claims.
The CoH is used as revanchism, plain and simple, it gets citizens frothing at the mouth to reclaim lost glory and is used to push jingoism.
The ones that have US bases?
Yeah that’s how you deal with US bases when the US puts bases all around your country with the intent of using them to invade you.
They’ve only given up land territories, and in the case of the ocean, are expanding in response to countries hosting hostile military bases.
Before the 9 dash line, they had the 11 dash line, they gave 2 dashes to vietnam after it was made clear vietnam wasn’t going to host a US military base.
Then they invaded them a few years later, but dogshit foreign policy resulting from the sino-soviet split is another discussion.