Actually, this is a clear example of the superiority of the Chinese system. Hostile powers spent over 40 years to covertly destabilize China through planting and grooming of hanjians, only to be foiled and disarmed within a decade - peacefully, no less. This is exactly one of the reasons why China is admired by the global south. The so-called "political, economic, and diplomatic costs" are nothing more than angry bleats of US & vassals failing once again to destabilize China. You may argue that there were mistakes made, but Western China has always been on the crosshairs since the Great Game of 1800s. Fundamentally during the first 3 decades of hostile infiltration the wealth & quality of life gap between Xinjiang and West was so large that 撒钱 was enough to turn people into hanjians. Just look at Iran and how effectively infiltrated it was by Israel and the West. The West thought the same for Xinjiang, but they miscalculated. Hence why they could only fall back on propaganda.
This guy must be young right?
For people old enough, we saw PLA march into HK without firing a shot.
When you fight someone, you are proving yourself, when they give up, they already know...
Even today there is work to be done in HK, but it's clear who the winner is.
It is important to point out that Western Powers and the former Russian Empire had coveted Xinjiang for 100's of years, still today it is Chinese.
Making DPP sound like they are a big success after less than 20 years in power...
The situation is being framed like "Why doesn't China invade to solve the Taiwan question?"
Yet, it could easily be reframed "Why doesn't the US end all ambiguity and support the DPP's independence?"
It's not like they haven't fully interfered in these internal conflicts before, just ask Serbia, Libya, Syria, etc.
On that note, how are they still in Syria? It's the forgotten forever war.
Q: When did Congress approve it?
A: Never!
