Historical Rhymes of Manchuria(China vs Japan) and Taiwan(China vs US) - 'Democracy' vs Sovereignty, by Jung-Freud
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It's been said(by Mark Twain?) that history doesn't repeat itself but rhymes. A notable historical rhyme is between the current Taiwan crisis and the Manchurian crisis of the 1920s/1930s. In either case, a non-Chinese, even anti-Chinese, imperialist power attempts to pry away a key Chinese territory under dubious pretexts. Japan coveted parts of northeast China,...
