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uguduwa said:

Forget about Taiwan, let‘s take Nepal as an example. An India in 1980s would have absolutely taken advantage of the situation and sent troops there but today‘s India minded its own business.

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Many people are still writing about some imaginary conflicts in South Asia that do not exist in reality. Today’s South Asia outside of islamic dominated regions are just obsessed with economic growth.

Guys it‘s honestly tiring to write the same things over and over again. Please familiarize yourself with the region you are talking about and do some bare minimum research instead of relying on 30 seconds Instagram/Tik Tok reels and memes to talk about geopolitics.

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The gurkhas would like to have a word with you.
And the brits aren't any better at all.

In the end of the day the Gurkhas are glorified cannon fodder because once their done they get discarded. If Nepal was richer than there would be no gurkhas.

AssassinsMace said:

Then don't bring up the opinion of Chinese in private because it's irrelevant since they don't live in a democracy. The reason it's brought up here is to say it's worse compared to Indians or Westerners. It called whataboutism that Westerners complain when their hypocrisy is pointed out but they can use it as a legitimate argument to discount others. People who live in a democracy are legitimately responsible for the actions of their government since they vote for their leaders. How do I come to that conclusion? Because Americans blame the Iraqi people for not doing anything about their government during the Iraq War where they don't get to elect their leaders therefore not responsible for what their government does.

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Also In my personal experiences at least 60% of Chinese people are reasonable when It comes to politics. That number is rapidly approaching 0 outside of GFW.

AssassinsMace said:

Jane Goodall just died and of course all the accolades from the West. But she was a typical Western leftist supremacist who believed Westerners only bring good to savage parts of the world. When China was making a presence in Africa, Jane Goodall complained. She was one of those return to Eden fantasy Westerners. She was okay with Westerners in Africa but not okay for Chinese. Westerners have that utopia fantasy to keep Africa primitive and the only oasis of civility in the desert were Westerners. That's how Westerners dream for the world as their playground.

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Funny because I just saw a clip from Jane Goodall's last interview that's on or going to be on Netflix and she says she wants to send Elon Musk on one his rockets to another planet to rule along with Trump, Putin, and Xi. This is where the Western left likes to separate themselves from the actions of their own. Europe could've stopped Trump but they didn't so they're all responsible helping Trump do what he does to the world. So shouldn't Jane Goodall expect the West to be ejected into space.

Africablack said:

Japan doesn't have nuclear weapons currently, there are many Japanese who feel they should but many don't want it. If an outside force tries to remove their institution no matter the reason then very quickly China will have a "Ukraine problem" on its doorstep. This has ripple effects and other neighbors will take measures that will make life difficult for China. If China decides to get into adventurism, it will have to drain resources maintaining it and we can see the folly in this system.

It's one thing if Japan re-militarizes and attacked China tomorrow, any action would be understandable. It's another thing to use 20th century grievances to remove an institution that has lasted centuries. China has become a super power and outclasses Japan, their emperor is a gloried mascot, Japan will not invade China because their leadership understand the stupidity in that so what's the rah-rah about destroying their cultural institution? You don't have to make me understand injustice, I understand the humiliation that comes with colonization. My people were subjected to the worst form of chattel slavery, brutal colonization and near genocide by outsiders. Blacks had to march just to be treated like human beings and given the right to vote as recently as the 1960s, so I know all about the feeling.

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And if Europeans try to enslave your people again, and was rightfully defeated by your people, you would rather their institution for initiating the aggression remain? I am not following your train of thoughts.

hifisnow said:

Also In my personal experiences at least 60% of Chinese people are reasonable when It comes to politics. That number is rapidly approaching 0 outside of GFW.

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Yes Chinese don't just give their opinion on everything like Westerners do. It's like once when I went to go play billiards with some friends at an establishment. There was one person who was Jewish and I was the only non-white. I forgot what brought the conversation up but the guy who was Jewish made a comment that everyone hated the Jews. I was offended because the Chinese have no history of being antisemitic and never participated so I said, "The Chinese don't hate the Jews." I paused because I knew whites wants to believe that's the case that everyone and not just them hate Jews to relieve themselves of being guilty alone. Then I said, "We just don't care!" Everyone burst out laughing. I wasn't going patronize such a comment because the Chinese had no part and I wasn't going to let him make such a generalized statement. It was true and there's nothing wrong in saying that. I'm sure this Jewish guy was expecting some comforting kissing up in saying it. Or sometimes I'll hear blacks in the US think Asians in the world are plotting against them. And I'll tell them, most Asians aren't even thinking about them. And I know some of them will even be more angry because that's even worse when it's completely okay because for one a lot of African-Americans think the world revolves around blacks and whites only. Everyone else is irrelevant.

supercat said:

But how long can she last? 6 months? Japan is becoming almost irrelevant compared to China's rise. Talking about China's rise, below is Justin Yifu Lin's take. Lin was the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. The article addresses the following 3 questions:

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For those who don't know, . He was born in Taiwan and was a captain in the ROC army. While stationed on Kinmen island in 1979, he swam over to the mainland to defect to the PRC. He then earned a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago, became a professor at Peking University, and served a term as the chief economist of the World Bank.

IIRC, Jaishanker is known as one of the most pro-US ministers in the Indian government.

Puss in Boots said:

Excuse me, I'm just curious, "Did you live on Cybertron before?"

Do you think this year's war between India and Pakistan was an act focused on economic development?
A country with one of the lowest per capita GDPs and one of the lowest hunger rates, spending tens of billions of dollars on foreign military equipment without facing any apparent threat of external invasion, do you still think it's focused on economic development?
One day they say they want to wipe Pakistan off the face of the earth, and the next day they're stationing troops in Sri Lanka. What a model of peace!

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You mean “highest”?

4Tran said:

I've been saying for decades that the worst thing that could happen is for China to become a democracy and for the Chinese chauvinists to gain a measure of power. That China might actually do some of the things that the West is constantly fearmongering about.

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Nationalism or chauvanism is good for nation when you are really strong enough. It's also nationalism that bring china together today.

uguduwa said:

Many people are still writing about some imaginary conflicts in South Asia that do not exist in reality. Today’s South Asia outside of islamic dominated regions are just obsessed with economic growth.

Guys it‘s honestly tiring to write the same things over and over again. Please familiarize yourself with the region you are talking about and do some bare minimum research instead of relying on 30 seconds Instagram/Tik Tok reels and memes to talk about geopolitics.

It‘s also crucial to take a break from the internet, talk to young educated people from South Asia and ask them about what they want, how they see things etc. You would have a much better understanding of the region outside of terminally online chest thumping nationalists and how the region would look going forward.

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You know what, with climate change there won't ever be peace nor friendship between china and India. China will need water from Himalayan to dry parts of Xinjiang and northwestern china which will offset china demographics long terms.
China cloud also made water buying deals from Nepal if water from the project isn't enough.

Just went through 30 pages of you guys getting troll baited by posters registered in 2025. Just use the ignore button, guys.