Hong Kong had become a safe haven for corrupt capitalists and politicians so China decided to start extradition to the mainland so they could be put in jail instead of bribing they're way out of every change. Hong Kong still has plenty of autonomy.
As for the Sea expansion, they claimed the 9 dash line after world war 2 and we've been arguing over it ever since. They're being reactive to America's constant provocation. Nothing will come of any of it though.
Well, China was the winner of the civil war, so they did win. It was just determined that after so many decades of fighting and war, it was time to stop and focus on rebuilding China. As for their military might, you underestimate China's capabilities and technology. It's not just a country of a bunch of people with bolt action rifles. They're military technology is on par with the US and they're not spread thin.
That's a lie perpetuated by Freedom House, a US funded propaganda machine. Tibet not being a free country is like saying Hawaii isn't a free country. No shit, it's part of China. However, Tibet is an autonomous region with it's own governance and laws. The Dalai Lama is just upset because he lost his kingdom and his slaves.
Tldr: Tibet is far from the least free country on Earth because it is neither a country, nor is it bad.
That's a brain broken analysis. You think one country would invade another because of what happened with two completely separate countries? I guess by that analysis, the US is going to invade Mexico and England will invade Ireland any day now.
China could have invaded Taiwan ages ago and won very swiftly. The plans were drawn up and everything. China very big. Much people. Taiwan very small. Not so many people.
The only thing like nukes is nukes. The thing deterring China from invading Taiwan is how intertwined their economies are. China has no reason to invade Taiwan. Taiwan buys a ton of things from China and sells them microchips. They have a symbiotic relationship.
Why would China start anything if they haven't started anything in 50 years? What if another 50 years goes by and China still hasn't started anything? Isn't that just a waste of weapons?
Hong Kong had become a safe haven for corrupt capitalists and politicians so China decided to start extradition to the mainland so they could be put in jail instead of bribing they're way out of every change. Hong Kong still has plenty of autonomy.
As for the Sea expansion, they claimed the 9 dash line after world war 2 and we've been arguing over it ever since. They're being reactive to America's constant provocation. Nothing will come of any of it though.