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the worry comes simply because of china's size.
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No, it doesn't. It comes because of deliberate uncertainty engendered by situations like this:
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astralis, I agree with your point. But the fact is that China is not willing to resolve these issues. It wants to keep them alive to deal with them in the future. Infact, the 1987 Sino-Indian confrontation may just have been proof of that; reminding India that it is just as serious with its claims to Indian held territory in Tawang as it is with holding Aksai Chin. The 1987 debacle almost led to a second war.
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or is china merely sitting on it because giving up such claims would make the CCP lose face? this isn't a rhetorical question- many china watchers don't know if china really IS just waiting for the day it becomes stronger to act, or if the claims remain just because china doesn't gain much by getting rid of them. |
It is a convenient, self-glorifying construct to believe otherwise.
FYI we are currently more scared of a few thousand cave-dwellers with a nihilistic and absolute hatred of our way of life, than the millions of myrmidions of the PLA. So somewhere out there is a Talibunny that is jacking-off at the idea that we fear him becuse he is oh-so-choosen-by-Allah etc etc. At one level he is right, we do fear him. But at another level he is totally wrong in guessing the reaction our fear will bring about.