• FidelCastro [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    It might have something to do with the 2 Opium Wars in 1840 and 1856, the Eight-Nation Alliance invasion in 1900, and the 27 concessions since 1845.

    If the colonizers are sincerely confused as to why the formerly colonized have a “fetish for sovereignty”, they can start there.

    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      and the 27 concessions since 1845

      Especially this. Westerners, including leftists, never seem to think about this or connect it to Hong Kong and Taiwan today.