Taking glance at the map is exactly the wrong way to look at this. If that works, how would you explain Hawaii and Alaska? What about taking a glance at the map of Greece vs Turkey, with Greeks taking all the islands offshore Turkey? Guess what, you will probably invoke history for that. Once you do that, the Chinese claim does not sound that absurd, isn't it?
Yeah, it is true that there have been many conflicts in the history everywhere. However, in the modern period, all political borders are drawn and recognized by respecting the current international laws. If not, wars would keep on going forever.
China thinks that it is powerful enough that it can ignore all the laws or re-define them. What they want to say is "I dare any country to cross my paths".
The problem with China is rooted with its expansionism which has brainwashed the majority of its own people. If one cares to trace the history of China back to 2500 yrs ago until the modern days, you can see how China border keeps expanding by eating up its smaller neighboring countries and assimilating them. In this expansionism policy, anywhere a Chinese person touches anytime in the history, in China government's view, that is where China border is. To go along to brainwash its people with this policy, its current and past governments have oppressed their own people and used all of the internal resources, ignoring how unhappy and depressed their citizens are, to support this policy.
Yeah, China, you are powerful now but no countries look at you with respects. I think China only stops when it finishes conquering the entire world.
" If one cares to trace the history of China back to 2500 yrs ago until the modern days"
LOL try trace US instead, and try draw a conclusion using that.
