'In any case the US's trade policy is not mercantilism.'
Huh? ... you may not have heard of your 'Commerce' department's corruption in re BC softwood lumber, then ... check it out if you like, and tell us that's not as mercantilist as any other mafia's operations
The german concessions in China were given to Japan at Versailles, i think, and they had invaded Taiwan well before, 1890s ... could be wrong on date, anyway they treated taiwanese quite well, at least those who survived the initial resistance presumably, they were going to make the island officially part of Japan so they built good schools and hospitals, railways and highways etc
It was Manchuria they invaded in 1931, sort of a return to where they had beaten the russians, they'd always had designs on the place, and then they expanded out from there
China's claim to Taiwan is pretty nebulous, the original indigenous there were an austronesian people, the northernmost of a group that includes Mq's maori friends ... then the portugues, dutch, and spanish come along, in that order i think, much later the chinese [Qing dynasty?] ... there is a lot on the net about this, but i am typed out for the evening .... cheers |
