holy shit 66 downvotes
I find it hard to believe that imperial china didnt invade anyone between 598 ad and 1912
Notice the flags? This is not about imperial China, it is about the PRC.
Or are you one of the weirdos who also thinks Russian Empire = USSR = Russian Federation?
But have you considered “whiteman good, chinaman bad”?
Bruh they attacked ancient vietnam as well. The list of aggressions against Vietnam isn’t even complete let alone other peoples.
The People’s Republic of China attacked ancient Vietnam? Like, with a time machine?
South China Sea? Granted building a military base in another country’s waters isn’t technically an attack but … come on.
Also Tibet. Whether or not it was a legitimate “state” it was definitely an “other nation”.
The claims in the South China Sea overlap. Some islands are claimed by Brunai, Malasia and the Philipines, others are claimed by the PRC and the Philipines.
The military bases are less because of claims but because the US is sending its warships through this area all the time in a “nice trade routes you have here, would be sad if someone did something about them…”-move.
Tibet was a part of China, it was essentially a warlord territory. With the warlord being the Dalai Lhama. It did not consider itself “other nation”, which is obvious from the fact that its regime did agree to join the PRC. Both sides came to an accord regarding the conditions, most importantly Tibet had to abolish slavery within a agreed uppon timeframe. The Lhama regime did not do so, thus peaceful unification was off the table and the PLA did the unifying.
