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[–] breadguyyy@kbin.earth 84 points 2 months ago (1 children)

fuck it why not also Korea and Japan and Mongolia and Vietnam and

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because that might mean doing something, and not just having a totem to direct the hate of the people against, the all-powerful, cruel west, who has humiliated China for centuries, even causing the deaths of 50 million Chinese (at the hands of the CCP during the great leap forward).

Stupid politics for stupid people, a common story the world around.

[–] HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

who has humiliated China for centuries

A century.

It was the century of humiliation. Not centuries of humiliation.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, good to hear they either got over the opium wars, or don't consider the Great Leap Forward to be that humiliating.

[–] HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The Opium wars were part of the century of humiliation.

In mainland China, the century of humiliation is considered to have ended in 1949 with the founding of the People's Republic of China. In Taiwan, the century of humiliation is considered to have ended in 1945, when the ROC became a founding member of the United Nations with a permanent seat on the UN security council. (That seat was transferred to the PRC in 1971.)

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, as a westerner, Id think losing a war against sparrows would be pretty humiliating too.

[–] LikeTearsInTheRain@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 months ago

You're not giving the birds enough credit here. Only two wars have been waged against them and they're 2-0. Fuckers know what they're doing.