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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

they also want to maintain imperialism over Taiwan

Not to deny the realities of the tensions there, but liberals are relatively loose with term imperialism. There is a difference between an imperialist state like the US and an anti-imperialist — and until recently imperialized — state like China.

China is consistently confrontational in the South China Sea and beyond

Yeah why so confrontational, China?

Foreign Policy, 2013: Surrounded: How the U.S. Is Encircling China with Military Bases. And that article is a decade old; it’s only gotten worse.

The US has over 750 overseas military bases around the world, and is building more to further encircle China. Meanwhile China has one anti-piracy base in Djibouti.