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0 pointsjollyllama3y ago0 comments

Ok, a decade ago.

> it took until the middle of the 2010s

Here's a Chinese general openly threatening war with Japan in 2012:

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/chinese-general-pre...

The Taiwan Strait crisis of the '90s was before my time but it'd be interesting to know how bellicose the rhetoric got back then.

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moose_man3y ago

Different than threatening war with US. Edit and yes, it stepped up in 2012 when Xi took over. Started with Japan and has migrated to aggression against US and allies.

Edit: Taiwan crisis wasn't great, but it ended when the US sailed an aircraft carrier through Strait of Taiwan. So while it wasn't great, it wasn't like they were threatening war against US.

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