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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
that was kind of my point, to me all this China is terrible schtick is just because they aint white, we were all fine with the US being utter ######bags to all and sundry in Latin America or the like
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If current actions are judged against historical standards, then we're in for a looong century. "But the US/UK did it 100+ years ago" is certainly an argument... I'm not sure where social/cultural/economic/political evolution since then fits in. It feels like a different world today than in the 'empire building' days. Is China hoping to have not missed the empire boat? They may have.
I think it will be extremely interesting to see IF China decides to create their empire, and when it happens. It kind of seems like their about done laying groundwork. Hong Kong is firmly in the empire, Taiwan is next... will the West stand for it? Is China playing this game too early in their rise?