China's new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why?
China's new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why?
China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with the release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as contested parts of India and Russia, and official objections continue to mount
China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India and Russia, and official objections continue to mount. What is the map, and why is it upsetting people so much?
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It seems significant, then, that Beijing chose to release the map on the heels of a late August meeting of the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- and just before China is to participate in top-level meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Group of 20 rich and developing nations.
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In releasing the map now, Beijing is widely seen as signaling it has no intention of backing down on any of its claims and is making sure that its positions are fresh in the minds of other countries in the region.
In the far northeastern corner of China on the border with Russia, it shows Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, an island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers, as Chinese territory, even though the countries signed an agreement nearly 20 years ago to split the island.
Actually pretty funny given that Russia can't do shit about it. That said, I expect the US will continue to sail through international waters and dare China to find out.
I live in a country in that South China Sea region and I hope mainland China magically disappears or something.
Just follow the example and make your own map :]
Oh no. Now Russia is going to be the fourth strongest army in Russia.
Some related discussion on this topic: https://lemmy.world/post/4191806
They’re just doing what America has been doing since WW2. Why should America be the only power in the world?
Yes. This could be considered a whataboutism. But that’s not always a bad thing. See here. Context matters. This article puts China in a negative light. I’m not defending China’s actions. I think it is inflammatory. But I also felt obligated to relay the hypocrisy of America.
It might even be that the whataboutism serves a function in forcing the speakers to both recognize a common, underlying factor to both sides of the argument.
Yeah well for one: China and America are NOT the same. The USA has a lot of flaws and fucks up a lot but I'd have then a hundred times over China.
The current population of the United States of America is 340,304,529 as of Friday, September 1, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data
The current population of China is 1,425,587,668 as of Friday, September 1, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.
I’m sure some of those people would say China has a lot of flaws and fucks up a lot but I’d have them a hundred times over America.
Stop being egocentric.
Does the US actively commit genocide? Do they keep one particular part of their population in work and concentration camps?
Do they suppress every opinion you have? Do they arrest you for those opinions?
Get the fuck out of here with your whataboutism. Living under China, if you are not chinese is a death sentence, you might just live in nazi germany as a non german. I'd much rather be under the US.
The freedom of other nations should be of concern, no matter who is the imperialist country.
Care to provide any examples?
_gestures at the world _ source Another one
we should let several countries do bad things, and shouldn't hope to fix or deter one, only all of them at once or none
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Oh you mean like the 19th century, when there were several European powers carving up Africa, Asia, and the Pacific?
No. Imperialism.