Branko2166 said:
It seems that you perceive China to be a threat. Kind of disappointing that you advocate that other Asian nations should "gang up on china" instead of engaging it in a positive manner. Last time I checked China has not been involved in a war in over 30 years. Although it is an athoritarian country, ever since Mao died China has had pragmatic and realistic leaders who have liberalized its economy and have improved relations with its neighbours. And regarding that comment about Vietnam winning a war against China, I find it to be somewhat misleading. At best it was a stalemate. And if you're going to insist that they won that war even though China simply withdrew its forces rather than get bogged down then the same could be said of the USA in the Vietnam war. I for one like to see China remain powerful as it is a counterweight to US and Russian power in the Pacific. For the sake of peace a balance of power is always preferrable as opposed to one power dominating everyone else at will. |
China has the largest military in the world. Is that not threatening? You said yourself that it is authoritarian....I think that is a threat - both to the outside world, and to its populace by subjugating groups that would want democracy.
I never said I wanted China to be weak. If anything, turning it into a democracy would make it become even stronger than the US.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
