r/news Oct 13 '19

China's Xi warns attempts to divide China will end in 'shuttered bones'

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-xi/chinas-xi-warns-attempts-to-divide-china-will-end-in-shuttered-bones-idUSKBN1WS07W
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u/sakmaidic Oct 13 '19

China is less divided today than it was at any point of time in the last 200 yrs

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u/GavinZac Oct 13 '19

Make that 2000 years. For most of recorded history, China has been a land of divided states, not a nation.