ludahai said:
The only idology they need is control! Why did they invade Tibet? Why do they claim the entire SOuth China Sea? You are missing two very important elements that would necessitate Chinese expansion.
Hmmm, it may have something to do of belonging to China to begin with? Why are your historical knowledge in the region so one sided? I wonder if it'd be any different had China never become communist, would you think the same way?
ludahai said:
One is natural resources. They need them and some of their neighbors have them. They are most certainly looking both to the north and to the west. If you think a more powerful China in 20 years isn't going to look to dominate those areas, you are fooling yourself!
North and west? Hmmm when did China expand north and west? The places you've named thus far are south and east.
ludahai said:
The other is strategic need. Right now, the democracies of the world can hem China in. South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines are encircling CHina. Occupation of Taiwan and the Senkaku Islands allows China to break the encirclement.
What a load of crap. Hem China in for the purpose of what?
With ICBM's, submarines and so on, China hardly needs to break through any of those regions to "show force". Not to mention with a naval and air power that is still 30 years behind all those other nations, 50 years behind the US (these estimates include air tactics and refueling capability), there's no possible way of China going out even with occupation of any of those areas.
ludahai said:
Anti-religious people often laud the fact that unlike the West, CHina didn't have religious wars. That is largely true. However, China has a history of brutal warfare that would make students of Western history shudder. This current bunch of autocrats are still Chinese. Expanisionism is a part of their culture. They have been at it for thousands of years. If you think that they are not going to expand when they have the chance to do it, you are part of the problem and I hope I live to tell you I told you so when China attacks the country I call home.
Bull ****, utter compelte bullshit. Name one single expansionist war China has ever launched. Name one brutal international war China has launched. If you want to refer to the mongolian conquerer Ganghas Kang, wow, surprise surprise, he was Mongolian.
You're concept of an expansionist China is just baseless rhetoric.
Oh and yes you will be able to live to call home as that blue passport will easily bring you home probably on a C-130 flying the red-white and blue.