not really, almost all of her neighbours have disputes with her,
only problem is China has a bigger stick.
plus another thing you have to consider is, despite all the
claims of being a peaceful giant of a civilization by China
herself. She certainly didn't grow to that size by being
friendly
thoughout her history, she has never been peaceful, only weak.
or invading others when strong.
there are 14 countries with borders with China. Mongolia,
Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India,
Pakistan, Afganistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, not
including Japan. Over the last 200 years, which do you see
have dispute with China and were given the big stick by China?
Actually, China were stuck by many small sticks from the
countries from the west thousand of miles away. They robbed the
imperial palace, made settlements in many provinces (that is why
all the european architecture in shangdong, shanghai...), and sold
opinium to the chinese. They lost wars and gave away Hong Kong,
Macau, and Taiwan.
Map of China were never drawn until the Qing Dynasty, when
emperor kangxi (the fourth emperor of the qing dynastry) wanted to
know how far he needed to stretch his army to protect his people.
that was around 1700, around the same time as the
beginning of the UK and when the whites are killing the red
indian and fighting among themselves in the american continent (for
territories, I suppose). Since then had China expanded?
china had a long history, with written records, it began
from Xia Dynastry at about 2100 BC. Wars were fought when
dynasty changed, but within the same dynasty, qing
dynasty stretched from 1644 to 1911 (267 years), Ming dynasty from
1368 io 1644 (276 years), song dynasty from 618 to 907 (289
years), just to name a few....these are known as the golden
age, peace and prosperity, 太平盛世. And outside of China, within
these period of time, how many of the neighboring territories were
annexed to China? even the Cheng Ho expedition, have they
colonized any one single island they visited?
the Kingdom of great britain started in 1707, 304 years to date,
when did the irish stopped bombing in Belfast, how many military
conquests went under the william jack, here and far, making
colonies and "taking" resources?
the USA were independent in 1776, 235 years to date. They never
fought among themselves since, but before that, they slaughtered
the native indians, chased the red coat back to the other side of
the atlantic, and then fought a civil war themselves. Since then,
can you count how many wars they fought on others territories? and,
when did they free the negro from slavery?