Shuchen Xiang 项舒晨 | Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea | Book Discussion 

China never engaged in colonialism? How did it go from its size in the Zhou dynasty to its size in the Qing dynasty? How did Tibet and Xinjiang become part of China? What are the Uyghurs and Tibetans if not colonized?

Critical error to assume that the extermination of natives that took place in northamerica similarly happened in the rest of the continent. Spanish empire preserved the native languages, there was a mixing of cultures and peoples, institutions replicated, the political organization was extended, they were not under colonial rule. Genetic pool of current populations and cultural heritage proves it. Colonization of the catholic and protestant flavors were quite different. Chinese should know better. Think trading with the Spaniards for centuries via Philipinnnes in peace, vs Opium Wars and century of humilliation courtesy of anglojewish empire. Please correct this false assumptions not to insult the whole Hispanic world