Response from the other thread:
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Originally Posted by astralis
tronic,
that is how nationalism is created in the first place. by extending political authority over a set of peoples, and then gradually weaving a foundational myth to bring them together. for example, china's "56 ethnicities" myth, or the US's "city on a hill" myth, etc etc.
not particularly surprising. spain has plenty of spanish whom consider themselves basques or catalonians first, spanish second if at all; the US has native hawaiians opposed to US rule; the UK has irish or scots or welsh; france has brittany; taiwan has its native islanders; need i list more?
i think it is important to seperate out criticisms which are specific for china- say, CCP control over political freedom/civil rights- and criticisms by which all nations are guilty of, one way or another.
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And again, In those countries which you listed, if the demand of those groups was in majority, they would be independent now; the aboriginals in the US (which by the way have their own territorial reserves et all) or the Irish in the UK which you listed have a far greater voice; or I should say have a voice at all, then the people China rules over. You need not go far, even India has Kashmir. But same problem there; Kashmiris get political parties, they have their seperatist leaders running in elections and voicing their demands in parliament. They have even got the right to preserve their language, religion and culture. And heck, i'm not even allowed to move into Kashmir from the fear of flooding Kashmir with non-Kashmiris. A sharp contrast with Tibet where the Chinese government has flooded Tibet with the Han Chinese population, to create a counter balance in favour of China in Tibet. That is Imperialism at its best. There is no comparison.