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Originally posted by HOZ@Jun 13 2005, 10:09 AM
FA: Which neighbour has China not invaded? Korea, Russia, Vietnam, India/Pakistan. Working on Taiwan now. Not sure what you are saying other than you hope a commie country wins 
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You'll have to explain that comment to me. Obviously you are misunderstanding my point.
All I said is that I prefer China to be contained in their little sphere of influence than becoming a global military power like the U.S. If they became more free and therefore, more influential, it doesn't mean they would be less aggressive. It DOES however mean that they would have a lot more resources to assert their power over others. I would much prefer that they do not explore U.S. style economic freedom and that they stay in a pseudo-dark age. With India, they at least have a history of being less aggressive.
If they became more powerful, it is quite likely that they would want to project power all over the globe to protect their interests; not just Vietnam, Taiwan, Korea, etc..., but everywhere like the U.S. does. Who wants that? Do we want Chinese bases in the Middle East, Africa, and South America? If shunning totalitarianism means becoming more powerful, then I hope they stay totalitarian.
What would you prefer:
An aggressive, communist, totalitarian China with limited ability to project its power, or an aggressive, capitalist, democratic China with limitless resources to project its power? Like I said, if they were to be free does not mean they would be more friendly.
On Tibet: Would they really want independence? I read in National Geographic that well of 50% of the population of Tibet are not even Tibetan anymore. They are people who moved from the east.