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'You can never become a Westerner:' China's top diplomat urges Japan and South Korea to align with Beijing and 'revitalize Asia' | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

while not a peep has come out of them about the shaming they suffered during Opium wars when western nations effectively carved up China to spheres of influence

This is the underlying reason why they don't like or trust the west. It's pretty much their whole MO and why they think Japan and South Korea will rally with them.