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Originally posted by jade_dragon
China would then invade India and Hong Kong/Taiwan to extend its borders and give its people more breathing room and resources. I hear that the manditory family size limits worked and now that India's population is getting up there China may be lifting the sanctions on birth numbers, anyone have any more info on this?
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China will not invade India. The international community will not stand for it.
Find some newspaper from 97 and you will learn that Hong Kong has been returned to China.
The idea that China would want Taiwan (and already have Hong Kong) for more breathing room and resources is laughable. Both are small territories and very poor in natural resources when compared to mainland China. Hong Kong became one of the main trading ports in the world. This consequently made the former colony a very wealthy place. Aside from the fact that the UK's lease on HK was about to be up, those where important point in China's desire of having HK back. The reasons why China wants Taiwan back are more based on politics (and that's an entirely different thread).
No matter how you slice it, China has one of the largest landmass in the world with plenty of natural resources. A very large part of western China doesn't have large populations in comparison to their main cities which are in the east. Those will be populated long before you see mainland settlers in Taipei.
Sanctions on birth numbers are being debated in China at the moment. As it is, families are allowed one child. This might change in the future.