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...except threatening Taiwan with war? And ask the people in Tibet and (some) in Hongkong.

As far as I know, all the places you mentioned are either Chinese territory or disputed Chinese territory. All of them are recognized by most countries (most likely including yours) as part of China.

Can you name a sovereign state recognized globally that is being threatened by China militarily?

Let's be honest. China has all the historical motivation to be hostile towards Japan. The only reason why they are not is because it's protected by the USA.

Let's not assume everyone likes war, especially Chinese people who lost so much despite winning WW2. China has no interest in starting a war with Japan, with or without USA.

Yes there is historical resentment, but people in our generation are rational, peace-seeking and pragmatic.

yes, China invaded Japan in 1937 and killed at least 20m people, and US allied with Japan fought back Chinese and they happily live together thereafter.

"Disputed Chinese territory" - by that definition it is easy to invade whoever you want. Just say it's your territory and you are good to go.

It is fascinating that when trying to cover different perspectives in one sentence, I have unknowingly made a problematic definition.

Taiwan is de-facto sovereign and you know it.

Yes, I know it. So let's just say that China being influential is bad for China and Taiwan.

Case closed?

I don't think popular belief thought that Tibet was part of China, and I think some would be surprised to hear that Tibet is merely a territory, free for settling. China is free to rename the territory without fanfare if it wishes, just as it has already dismantled the inconvenient Dalai Lama Buddhist institution.

The only reason why China hasn't rolled tanks into Taiwan is because of logistical or political inconvenience, otherwise China could treat Taiwan just the same as Tibet.

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