"R. David Steele" wrote in message
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And they define that "territory" as everything from India to
Australia to Siberia and Japan. The whole of the far East. This
has been China's "domain" for thousands of years. The question
is do you want to be shut out of that area?


Siberia has never been part of China's domain and the only attempted
invasion of Japan happened when China itself was occupied
by the Mongols. The large Russian nuclear arsenal is apt
to make the Chinese think twice before any incursion as
would the diffciulties of maintaining a large army.

They simply couldnt bring large enough numbers to
bear to outweight their technological inferiority, the
logistical support just isnt there

Border clashes with India are scarcely likely to lead to major
territorial claims, India has a large population and
nuclear weapons as well as lacking anything that would make it
worth the trouble

As fro Australasia the Chinese cant even muster enough
naval power to take Taiwan let alone cross those distances.

Japan has historically been far more expansionist than China
It invaded parts of Manchuria, Mongolia, China and most
other far eastern nations withing living memory but note that
Korea and Taiwan were part of the Japanese Empire before
WW2

As I recall the only major territorial claims China has
at present are to Taiwan and the Spratly Islands

Keith