Many discerning observers around the world, who are taking a closer look at China’s claims on the territory of other countries, inevitably could conclude that China’s territorial greed today is similar to that of Adolf Hitler’s, which ultimately caused World War II.

Several decades back, China aggressively entered Tibet, overpowered the Tibetans who resisted its aggression and mercilessly massacred a large number of them. Today, China is sitting pretty with full control over the Tibet region and is hiding that country with an “iron curtain” from the eyes of the world. Outside China and probably within China, most people do not know what is really happening in Tibet at present.

After the onslaught on Tibet, with no worthwhile protest from other countries about China’s act of aggression, China appears to have convinced itself that it can have its way to satisfy its territorial greed by occupying other regions at its will.

China claims that Taiwan should be part of it, though there is no justification for this. Taiwan emerged as separate region after a civil war, and if China claims that Taiwan should belong to it, then Taiwan too can have equal claim to China territories.

On several occasions, China has threatened to invade Taiwan. However, unlike in the case of Tibet when China’s aggression virtually went........

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