The only one who can invade China practically is Russia. But Russians are afraid of them. Only ~15-20% (150k) of Russian forces are in UA the Pentagon said. The rest remain on China border. If Russians are so afraid, they won't invade, concentration camps or not.
North Korea has concentration/slave/gulag camps for decades now. No one cared
If North Korea is too difficult to invade, China is a million times worse
mayonesa@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
It's not too difficult to invade. There are too many of them, and they are smarter than the average third world people.
Remember the Korean War?
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Ah.... you are being sarcastic. Took me way too long to realise, lol
What blows my mind is that the US lost to China and Vietnam, and China lost to Vietnam as well.....
Does that make Vietnam the real #1 superpower then ?
mayonesa@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
No, I am almost never sarcastic and if so, usually do it badly.
The point is not that China is hard to invade.
It's that no one wants to confront an enemy that is 100x their size, and also disciplined to the point of near-suicidal extremity. Like the Mongols: they brought in a large army at a time when most civilizations were small. (The Great Khan's military prowess was probably a complete lie; he simply avoided fighting the way others did, which gave him an advantage).
I am not sure that the US lost in Vietnam; it achieved its aims, which was to slow Chinese expansion.
But the point taken from it was that to beat the Asiatics, whether Mongols or modern types like the Chinese, you have to fight with raw numbers. They charge in suicidal waves. It is how they have always won: lowest common denominator, but turned up to 11.
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
I agree. But its not only Asians that behave like this. When was the last time a country conquered another 'permanently' ?
US lost Afg after 20 years, USSR lost countries it conquered after 50 years, British conquered India for 200 years before losing. Rome lost all the countries it conquered after 1000 years. Never in human history has a faraway country been conquered permanently. Its human nature.
Humans are tribal. Our local govt represents our culture and social values, not faraway elite rulers. That's why Brexit, American revolution and loss in Afghanistan happened. Afghanistanis would rather have local Taliban tribal leaders than infidel West which forces feminism, gay, transsexual and other disgusting fetishes on a very traditional society. Taliban has way more local support than USA.
USA lost Vietnam horrifically. Nothing is worth killing millions. Nobody won in Vietnam, except death.