07-07-2017, 08:36 PM
(07-07-2017, 06:23 PM)Cynic Hero 86 Wrote: > Your argument that Russia will be an ally and china an enemy is
> based solely on the fact that we had an alliance with Russia
> during WW2 and fought Japan During WW2. And that where it
> flounders russia has been an enemy ever since the end of WW2 and
> China would never take up "the fallen standard" left by imperial
> japan, because the old Japanese empire is regarded in China the
> much same way that we in the west regard Nazi Germany today. A
> Chinese admiring for example, Hirohito and Tojo would be like a
> Jew today admiring hitler. The pan-asianism that became popular in
> Japan prior to and during WW2 never really caught on in China
> because it was associated with japanese imperialism and
> aggression. After the war the Chinese did embrace Maoism but that
> collapsed in the cultural revolution, that country has been
> essentially a traditional autocracy since then.
Once again, did you even read the comment you're responding to?
