Jack Grealish
Verified User
Over the past week, arguments on Twitter have made most Chinese interested in international relations aware of Turkey's ambitions. Those Turks say the Great Wall was built by China to keep Turkey out. Those Turks also say, "One day they will come back and crush China completely." For me personally, these remarks are not unfamiliar—I've known for several years that Turks think this way. But the past week's role in spreading awareness has been enormous. Now most people who follow such matters know about it.
I think this somewhat absurd and exasperating situation is an interesting example of a side effect of China's extreme pursuit of a peaceful environment and its avoidance of any war. No country fears China. Even the telecom fraud gangs just 10 kilometers from China's border aren't afraid of China. And those Vietnamese, they actually claim that the two largest provinces in southern China should be Vietnamese territory. They happily discuss plans for how to carve up China. No one feels any fear at all!
If we were Israel, these clowns would have been finished long ago.
But unfortunately, we're not, so we can only keep putting up with it.
You can probably imagine that surreal sense of disconnect. On one hand, I see some Americans discussing how Trump's isolationism has let China dominate Asia (frankly, I can't see even the faintest sign of that); on the other hand, there are all these clowns around China—whether it's the telecom fraud gangs hiding in Myanmar, or the Philippines and Vietnam, or even Turkey (which is 3,000 kilometers away from China but wants a piece of Chinese territory)! Very! Shocking! This huge disconnect makes me feel that every post discussing how President Trump is too compromising is just pure nonsense.
I think this somewhat absurd and exasperating situation is an interesting example of a side effect of China's extreme pursuit of a peaceful environment and its avoidance of any war. No country fears China. Even the telecom fraud gangs just 10 kilometers from China's border aren't afraid of China. And those Vietnamese, they actually claim that the two largest provinces in southern China should be Vietnamese territory. They happily discuss plans for how to carve up China. No one feels any fear at all!
If we were Israel, these clowns would have been finished long ago.
But unfortunately, we're not, so we can only keep putting up with it.
You can probably imagine that surreal sense of disconnect. On one hand, I see some Americans discussing how Trump's isolationism has let China dominate Asia (frankly, I can't see even the faintest sign of that); on the other hand, there are all these clowns around China—whether it's the telecom fraud gangs hiding in Myanmar, or the Philippines and Vietnam, or even Turkey (which is 3,000 kilometers away from China but wants a piece of Chinese territory)! Very! Shocking! This huge disconnect makes me feel that every post discussing how President Trump is too compromising is just pure nonsense.