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| Originally Posted by Tunicates are Mad No they dont.
The idea (in the mind of someone that is 'Chinese')that Mongolia is China, or that Tibet is China is only the result of long-standing assimilationism that the Chinese have used for eons.
China itself only came into being after Gengis Kahn united it by imposing a burocratic system of governance, and from there on China was limited only by geography. You might as well call it all Mongolia.
The fact that China was asked to help Tibet fight off a Mongolian invasion or that the Chinese have imposed rule on Tibet at various times is in no way a reason for them to claim that Tibet is Chinese or should remain so. You might as well argue that as Britain was taken over by Normans in the past we might as well be governed by France now. |
Its an interesting comment but what do we do about Ireland, Scotland, The Falklands etc? Should we hand them back to their rightfull rulers?
We handed Hong Kong back I suppose but that was just embarrassing seeing as we got it with British Govt backed drug money.
I wonder if the Boxers having attempted to over throw the British drug barons felt any more happy that they were slaughtered by the British Army than the Tibetens do about being slaughtered by the Chinese?
Genghis Kahn combined china and Tibet in the 1200's. He didn't create China FFS the great wall was started in 200bc which was 1400years before Genhgis. Just becaause the Ming era made it famous by laying bricks dosent meen it didnt exist till the 1300's
As I say I am willing to accept argumnet but id like at least a little pointer as to some relevent historical fact on this just so i can stop my wife laughing her head off.
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