China is not an aggressive nation at all. As far as I can tell, China has literally never attacked a non-bordering country in its entire history
Without commenting on the evidence or the conclusion, I just want to say that the link between evidence and conclusion seems extremely weak—I’m pretty sure the Mongol hordes also never attacked a non-bordering country yet it would be laughable to call them non-aggressive.
For what its worth, China has also launched multiple naval invasions throughout its history (though relatively few considering how long the civilization has existed). Two examples:
Without commenting on the evidence or the conclusion, I just want to say that the link between evidence and conclusion seems extremely weak—I’m pretty sure the Mongol hordes also never attacked a non-bordering country yet it would be laughable to call them non-aggressive.
They did, they launched naval invasions of Japan and Java.
For what its worth, China has also launched multiple naval invasions throughout its history (though relatively few considering how long the civilization has existed). Two examples:
Sri Lanka (Kotte Kingdom)
Taiwan (Dutch Formosa)
Cool! I didn’t know Zheng He invaded Sri Lanka. Arjun should update the post.