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The Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, and Ukraine are all democracies. If the people there want to associate with the US or Europe, that's their business.

That thing you just did there - "they're in China's backyard" - that's imperialism. You're trying to justify the imposing China's will on a population that does not want them.

With this kind of bias, I can't trust a thing you say. It's a shame, because I really like the view of China as a peaceful beheamoth. Unfortunately it's all lies.