I had a Chinese friend and he would remind me from time to time that America is just a renegade province.
Gotta give it to the Chinese, they play well on the world stage. Masters at subtle escalations.
Check the history of the island...the japs took it from china about 1870...win some lose some now they want it back...which really wouldn’t be to hard
Interesting... the Mexicans are thinking the same thing.
Interesting. In my case, I had a Chinese friend who would often remind me that Tibet is legitimately part of China. He'd sneak that into conversations that really had nothing to do with Tibet.
I'm guessing that while the average Englishman and Frenchman do not obsess about getting old territories back, the average Chinese person thinks differently.
In 1976 my Chinese friends (all young women from Taiwan) teased me about our Bicentennial:
“ONLY two hundred years!”, they laughed. When I asked, “Are we Americans `western devils’ to you?”, the girls giggled & nodded.
I replied, “Then you must be Chinese devils!!” Gasps of horror, covered mouths, shrieks which turned to laughter.
Anyway, Chinese demands on the big enchilada Okinawa is probably intended to dissuade Japan away from the Paracels & Spratly islands. I’ve known Okinawans who resent Japanese governance so they sure wouldn’t want the Dragon to come waltzing in.
I had a Chinese friend and he would remind me from time to time that America is just a renegade province.................................... Yes Kimosabe, many moons ago, tribes left Asia to settle here. Him no speak with forked tongue.