China should just tolerate a growing fascist neighbouring country that has a repeated history of invading China. A few worthless hilly islands, and frozen waste land, which can easily be taken back if required, are a cheap price for peace at the border. What could go wrong? I'm talking about 1930s China of course.A few worthless mountains, which can easily be taken back if required, are a cheap price for peace at the border
Japan just absorbed Liuqiu and Korea, but they can't do serious harm to China unless China has a civil war or very poor governance. It's almost as if China has a history of recurrent civil wars in the past 5000 years, perhaps China should build an security environment that looks more than 10 years into the future.They might absorb Bangladesh and Pakistan, but they can't do serious harm to China unless China has a civil war or very poor governance.
Something something pan Asian union and Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Did you know China actually cheered on the Japs during the Russo-Japanese war, I'm sure sentiments like yours would have been common back then.It's much more important to keep India powerful enough today that it doesn't get overwhelmed by the west and can increase trade within the global south. If India collapsed into civil war, the west's share of global power would increase.
Early Chinese industrialists and pro Japanese factions thought the same thing, who doesn't love a market for Chinese goods?If they do it without even gaining industrial or technological leadership, they just provide a market for China and other non western countries. That'd be perfect.
The people trying to steal Xizang from China, are the same people who invaded Beijing over 100 years ago.
You don't have to subscribe to offensive realism to see why India is a growing problem for China.
From Chinese perspective, India really isn't that important or a major threat. And Pakistan is a huge reason for it. Having a nuclear armed neighbour with a better trained military that you're allied with helps china to focus on pressing issues in the Pacific, south china sea and the Taiwan strait where the military is needed more.
Historically, India has committed about 3/4th of their army near Pakistan border and the Line of control in Kashmir. This helps China to not commit their military in mass to India's border as India is already getting spread up
As much as we love our Pakistani brothers, we are severely disappointed in your performance. China cannot rely on Pakistan as the counterweight to India anymore.
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