Oftencold
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Ah, but written language merges after spoken.That was then, this is now. Two totally different ballgames.
Also, it has a lot to do with the fact that the Chinese written language is not phonetic.
The Chinese nation may well have left a taste for domination behind. And they may not. To be honest, when deal9ing with such a large number of people, it will take generations to discover what cultural chages are deep seated and which are ephemeral.
On the other hand, one must cons9der that the one child policy, and the preference for sons has created an unnatural demographic in China. There are many millions of men now who can never hope for what we consider a normal life, with wife and children.
To be frank, war could be very appealing to the Chinese as a method of eliminating the surplus male population.