Respectfully I do disagree about Japan not periodically invading China- japan does ,always at China's weakest(interdynastic decay/fragmentation)-the Japanese will ALWAYS attack whether it's small scale attacks like raiding/plundering China's coastal areas to large scale attempts to carve out/subjugate huge ares like 1895-1945(Manchuria) even as far back as the Imjin wars in Korea where Hideyoshi wanted not merely Korea but all of Ming China-now not ever and FAFOand "die" not Dai Nippon
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In the 1590s, Japan invaded mainland Asia during the Imjin wars. They lost.
In the 1930s, Japan invaded mainland Asia again and managed to do far more damage.
Fundamentally, Japan wants to expand off their overpopulated, resource-poor and disaster-prone islands. They are able to maintain sight of this goal for centuries.
China sits on some of the best land in East Asia. It has to be prepared to defend it constantly.
My goodness. You're just going to believe whatever you want to believe, as they say: the eyes of the beholder will see what it wants.
There is no "malicious speculation" in anything I say, I'm upfront with my comments, I say what I say. You're free to check my history on this forum and read my comments on China (not what you selectively want to see) and make up your mind.
I used North Korea as an example of your great power countries who get arrogant and look down on others as if they don't need them. I said they are free to become North Korea if they wish and try to grow on their own. The problem is that you folks are emotional and are taking things way too literally. It goes back to my point of seeing whatever you want. The point isn't about North Korea, the point is that the your great powerness (not a word, I know) comes from doing business with the world, most of which comes from the developing countries. Stay focused.
Nigeria, Indonesia, etc don't have to do business with COMAC. It's a fledgling airline that has zero track record unlike it's competitors. This means it doesn't have enough experienced pilots who understand its systems and hasn't been around long enough to build a safety record. It can only offer cheaper purchases. By certifying them to fly in their air spaces governments of these countries are taking a risk and willing to use their citizens as guinea pigs on a new airline, when they can retreat to the comfort of familiarity and safety by purchasing tested competitors like Airbus and Embraer, yet we're willing to give COMAC a chance , these are the folks you're looking down on!
Here's another thing to consider.
Did Japan just not invade China as much because they didn't want to. Or is it because they couldn't?
The way Japan invades is through boats. In the past they only got wooden boats that used wind and rowers. By the WW2 state they got steel boats with huge engines and large cannons. Like the distance they need to travel is the same but the speed and feasibility they can do it is way different. The UK was once just a crappy island with bad weather in Europe. Yet thanks to boat technology it became the british empire and through its navy, it could do things previously not possible. Don't you find it a coincidence that both Japan and UK were both kinda nobodies until advancement in ship tech?
Today, I can literally to go to Xiamen, get on a speedboat and go to Taiwan in less than 4 hours assuming I had some special pass that lets me in without interruption. So imagine how easy and fast it is to get from Japan to China with modern military tech.
I mean aside from the fact the Qing was good at eliminating the Mongol threat, another reason Mongols aren't a threat anymore is coz of tech. A high performance electric scooter you can get on Taobao can run faster than a horse and doesn't get tired.
Things are very different from back then. When you have means, your motivation changes a lot.
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COMAC received the order, and Nigeria and Indonesia received affordable aircraft. What's wrong with that? Isn't that how normal trade should be? Of course, you can choose not to receive these aircraft. Why act like you're doing China a favor?
Fair trade benefits both sides. Don't always think that buying Chinese goods is what makes China strong. Your thinking is just like Trump's! Isn't it suspicious that a Third World country thinks the same way as a world hegemon? Have you ever suspected that your thinking has been influenced in some way?
You always want equality. China has given underdeveloped African countries a zero-tariff policy. Why don't African countries give zero-tariffs to China? You still don't understand what "fairness" means!
Jewish-American far-right political influencer 'Laura Loomer' implies that China assassinated Charlie Kirk
lmao @ comments.
I think Americans are having what we call China-bad fatigue. Their focus is hating on Israel and Indians right now. The elites need to read the room already.