True. It seems you excelled in history in school. So, I assume you know your country's history very well. True, throughout its history, the United States, first in the Western Hemisphere and then in other parts of the world, has done everything it could, always in its national interests. Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with your country's history, but even I, as an outsider, know that the United States committed some less-than-honorable acts in China in the 19th century. They weren't alone, but alongside other imperialist sharks from Europe: Great Britain, France, Portugal, and others. And I remember that while the Chinese were fighting against the aforementioned aggressors, Russian troops entered the northern territories and occupied so much Chinese land that only the most greedy Western imperialists could have dreamed of.
Furthermore, a few years later, all the occupiers were forced to leave Chinese lands, except the Russians! Russia has occupied vast territories of China and continues to occupy them to this day.
Why don't you write about it here?
Taipei is China. But don't the Chinese still consider Haishenwai (aka Vladivostok), Boli, Hailanpao, and others their own?
And here's another thing: no matter how imperialistic the United States is, with its aggression against many countries, you must admit, it never had emperors like the Russian emperors, such as Peter I, Alexander I, II, III, and others. It has always remained a republic, not an empire, even considering the vast territories of Mexico it occupied.
And what nation in the world isn't guilty of this?!
Even before you appeared on the forum, the topic of China was raised here. Questions like, "What is this gigantic China?! What can it offer the world?" We already know a little about Trump. We've witnessed his many bizarre antics and even heard of his plans, such as the occupation of Greenland, Panama, and even Canada.
We already know that, under the guise of defending "freedom," "democracy," and LGBT rights, and sometimes without any reason at all, Western countries have committed aggression against other countries, occupying and plundering them.
China will likely soon return Taipei to its home port and inevitably become the most powerful country in the world.
What will China be like? What ideas and values will it offer the world? Will it demand that other countries restrict citizens' freedoms, ban the internet, create communist parties and hand over power to these parties, and ultimately replace bread with rice worldwide?
In this sense, China is a complete enigma.
