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Talk to China's neighbours such as Vietnam, Japan, Korea before making such analysis.
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Not to mention Tibetans and don't forget China's "border skirmishes" with the USSR and India in the 60's.
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They were about to be overrun in 1953 when MacArthur wanted to invade China during the Korean War but Truman fired him.
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Correct. If the US wanted to conquer China it easily could have done so then. Heck, it could have conquered anyone after WW 2. It was the only nation with nuclear weapons and accounted for about half of the world economy. It could have simply annexed Western Europe, moved into Eastern Europe and from there Asia and Africa. It didn't. It stopped, withdrew and rebuilt the devastated World War 2 nations. Can you name any other great power in history who has done this? I am sure Vigortatus is a big fan of Turkish, Persian, and Arab imperialism. Did they ever withdraw from a conquered land? Did they ever rebuild anything and then leave? We know what the Arabs and Persians did to our ancestors in Pakistan...