[AdeptusAquinas]

Agree with most of this (not the weird anti-immigrant bit but the rest), however China does have some foreign requirements that are a bit of a pain in the ass, like its insistence that Taiwan isn't a country. They also don't like it and will retaliate when you point out the shady shit it does (e.g. the Uighurs), but then thats no different from the states especially under its current toddler administration.

[dismalaf]

> its insistence that Taiwan isn't a country

Lol Taiwan is officially the "Republic of China", as per their own claims.

[intalentive]

The immigration bit helps explain why Hungary, for instance, is trying to escape Western orbit and align with the East.

[intended]

Is Hungary planning to exit the EU?

[skinnymuch]

Every country would behave like China in the same situation with Taiwan. Imagine if the Confederates moved over to Puerto Rico or Hawaii or Alaska. America damn sure would say that’s America still. They’re literally the same people from the same land. Same ethnicity. Same history. Only being apart for under a century.

[worik]

> They’re literally the same people from the same land. Same ethnicity. Same history. Only being apart for under a century

I see what you mean. But there is an alternative point of view.

The indigenous people of Taiwan are very different. DNA wise they are the prototypical polynesians