Re:China blocks Wikimedia Foundation’s accreditation to WIPO
by actuator on Friday September 25, 2020 @10:53AM
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I think you do know more about this, so I will trust your comment.
> The CCP has a history of ceding land (that is strategically not too valuable) in order to setup peace.
This doesn't explain their border differences with India though. For all I can understand only a small part of the western border seems of strategic importance.
Re:China blocks Wikimedia Foundation’s accreditation to WIPO
by FooBarWidget on Friday September 25, 2020 @11:04AM
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I don't know too much about the China-India dispute. From what I know, the current border was unilaterally drawn by the British during India's colonial period. China and India later disagreed on this British-setup border. I heard that China did try to propose some solutions, including one in which more than 50% of the territory is ceded to India, but India has rejected all offers so far.
This article by the Asia Research Institute (set up by Kishore Mahbubani) has some background on the diplomatic history of this issue: https://ari.nus.edu.sg/app-essay-kanti-bajpai
Re:China blocks Wikimedia Foundation’s accreditation to WIPO
by sbmthakur on Friday September 25, 2020 @01:39PM
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I have read that the proposed solution included China giving up claim on Arunachal Pradesh(de facto Indian territory, South Tibet as per PRC) and India giving up claim on Aksai Chin(de facto Chinese territory, part of Ladakh as per India). Not sure why it was not pursued. Maybe India's relations with Pakistan were a factor.
Re:China blocks Wikimedia Foundation’s accreditation to WIPO
by Mediterraneo10 on Friday September 25, 2020 @03:22PM
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> This doesn't explain their border differences with India though.
Access to the water. The border China would like to control would put the watershed from glaciers on China’s side.
Yes China can control the narrative to some extent, and historically they did. For example all of outer Mongolia was ceded to Russia. If you check Taiwan's official claims, you will see that it's much bigger than the People's Republic of China today.
The CCP has a history of ceding land (that is strategically not too valuable) in order to setup peace. I'm guessing that the military significance is the biggest reason why they're not giving up Taiwan.