MinotStateBeav said:
uhh China is literally militarily threatening almost every single neighbor. The Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India..stop it. Japan isn't massively increasing it's military because it's worried about Korea. Oh and wasn't China giving Russia all their drones?
Hong Kong is not China's neighbor, it is part of China. China conceded it to the Brits after losing the Opium Wars, which was waged upon China by the UK and allies because the Chinese tried to block opium from their country with tens of millions of Chinese addicted.
Taiwan
officially self-identifies as the Republic of China, and as such they actually claim the mainland, just as the mainland claims Taiwan as a province. It will end up being absorbed in the mainland, which has more than 50 times its population.
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The One China policy, a principle followed by many countries including the U.S. and Canada, recognizes the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole legitimate government of China. It also acknowledges the PRC's position that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, but neither endorses nor challenges this position. This approach allows for maintaining unofficial relations with Taiwan while upholding official relations with the PRC.
The Philippines took a hardline on their relations with China after the most corrupt family in east Asia retook power recently. Relations with China under Duterte were fairly cordial. The fact that Ferdie and Imelda's stashed billions might be under US control is a definite factor in Ferdinand Jr's pro-US/anti-China foreign policy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/07/10bn-dollar-question-marcos-millions-nick-daviesThe Chinese have given Russia not just low-tech small drones (which the Ukrainians also have bought on the open market), but probably also chips for their more advanced military hardware.