Why did Russia think they have a right to annex this Chinese territory? Someday they will face the Wrath of the Dragon

>>17775096 (OP)
Nations don't have rights. In fact, rights don't exist at all.

>doesn't border china

>>17775128
ahem

>>17775096 (OP)
*wrath of the paper dragon*

ftfy.

>>17775149
not enough

>>17775096 (OP)
Was independent when they annexed it
and should be independent again, was mean to not even make it a full SSR so it'd gain independence back in 1991

>>17775096 (OP)
>Chinese territory
Tuva is TURK/TURAN (KARA BOĞA). Get it straight, wh*Toid.

>>17775096 (OP)
>>17775169
One thing I don't understand is why does China have a right to call herself "the Dragon"?

What have they done to deserve this super cool title/nickname?

>>17775764
It's a holdover from when China was an empire. China is very selective about what imperial legacies it allows itself to cling to. The "Dragon Throne" was the name for the imperial throne, and it sounds cool, so communist china kept using it.

>>17775764
>>17775776
They literally don't call themselves that. It's English speakers who insisted on translating 龍 as "dragon." Doubly retarded on the part of English speakers because 龍 was a real animal that went extinct, not like the completely made up "dragon."

>>17776930
well what is the real animal?

>>17775096 (OP)
>>17775683
China hardly owned any Siberia/North Asia even at its peak territory expansion, stop the cap.

>>17775764
The dynasties themselves never used zoomorphic imagery to represent the state only the Emperor himself. No one other than the Emperor was allowed to appropiate the the five clawed Long.

>>17777205
Depends on the dynasty, the early Tang for example very much did have stringent control over Mongolia, having the power to depose rulers at will, carve out arbritrary administrative units, and even demand soldiers for military campaigns.

>>17777608
>zoomorphic imagery
Addenum as a mark of Imperial Authority such as Late Qing national flags. This does not mean they ever reffered to their empire as the "dragon".

>>17777608
>the early Tang for example very much did have stringent control over Mongolia
You mean inner and Outer Mongolia. Not North Asia/Siberia.

>>17775096 (OP)
>>17775683
The future

>>17778537
Tang at the very least established Jimi prefectures over the Yenesei river valley. Submission was not merely nominal, they were not allowed to attack other Tang territory and had to provide soldiers to the government if requested.

>>17778760
vgh...

>>17778760
Disgusting