• Arcturus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Do we count EEZ encroachments in the Pacific? Only reason why China isn’t as militarily adventurous as Russia right now, is because they know they’re not ready yet. Not really yellow scare nonsense when China itself (Republic of) is concerned about this.

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      1 year ago

      Do we count disputes over territorial waters as the same as war? Are you actually serious with this question?

      The Spratly Islands are China’s Afghanistan?

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        1 year ago

        It would be a bit more serious if the territories they claimed were Japanese, but they’re not. China’s not going to pick that fight, because they know they won’t win. China has picked regions guarded by nations that have ships such as these guarding their territories.