They are expansionist by nature, claiming Taiwan, they use their money to extend their influence, the so called soft power, they lend money to weak countries that want to develop infrastructure with the condition that if they don't pay the money china gets the infrastructure. That is an aggressive expansionist activity.

[+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] lorabe@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Yep, sounds like it. Backfire theory. Learn about imperialism, capitalism and socialism first before making such uneducated comments.

I wonder how downplaying my figure makes my points less valid.

Buddy, Taiwan is a separatist region, not a country. For a state to be a country, it has to be a de jure sovereignty. Taiwan is a de facto state.

You really have to check again what "de jure" and what "de facto" means. Taiwan pretty much enters in the category of a "de jure" state, since it doesn't force it's citizens to recognize the Taiwanese law by authoritarian means. Furthermore elections are a given and so far there are no fraud concerns.

Ever heard Taiwan declaring independence, or being recognised as a country by a majority of countries in UN, let alone just 15 countries?

This is so close to be a compelling argument to use against the existence of Palestina as an estate, it's funny how inconsistent some people can get just to justify Chinese expansionist policy over Taiwan.