• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    while not a peep has come out of them about the shaming they suffered during Opium wars when western nations effectively carved up China to spheres of influence

    This is the underlying reason why they don’t like or trust the west. It’s pretty much their whole MO and why they think Japan and South Korea will rally with them.