| Nobody ever seems to talk about Mongolia when talking about a united China. I believe people in China don't care about Mongolia because the CCP doesn't call it an "inalienable part of China". But since the CCP calls Taiwan and Tibet "inalienable", everybody gets all patriotic and calls those places inalienable and forgets the fact that Mongolia was once part of China too, but was given independence. So my belief is that Chinese people's desire for a united China has very little to do with history, but more to do with national pride guided by the CCP. (Ok I'll just say the ugly word – propaganda. Nothing to be ashamed about. Every nation uses it.) BTW, I lumped Taiwan and Tibet together above but I understand that their situations are totally different. One of them has been self-governed with remarkable success for half a century. The other, well, hasn't. |
Why I Didn't Cover About Tibet