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Old 2013-05-08, 10:36   Link #28060
Sumeragi
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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf View Post
It's getting very hard not to see China as anything but an increasingly assertive bully.

China scholars call Okinawa's ownership into question
The most pathetic thing about that argument is that the Ryukyus were never part of China in the first place. What is China going to do, support independence of the Ryukyu Kingdom?


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Originally Posted by Tom Bombadil View Post
Well, with western nations making whole lot of noise about Tibet, there can't be anything said about Okinawa?
Because Tibet was an independent nation conquered. Ryukyu agreed to join Japan.


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Originally Posted by Xellos-_^ View Post
isn't that because Japanese government has done abetter job at eliminating the Ryuku culture and language?
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