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Better watch out for China coming over to claim it.

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Historical engravings in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang depict him foreseeing the rise of an island off the coast of Japan 2234 years after his death, to be claimed by his successors.

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What’s the Chinese character for dibs?

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So fucking stupid they try and pull that shit lol

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I can’t tell if this is real and china is already calling dibs, or if you made it up right now.

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13 points

With the cunning use of flags?

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Problem is, they can also back it up with guns.

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Are they able to borrow one?

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Too late, boomers already bought it all and are renting it out

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Dibs.

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Who is calling dibs

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Already called my land agent.

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Dear Leader Xi, of course.

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Here, we can see another illustration of the difference in philosophy between the modern Chinese and Japanese production and manufacturing culture. Japanese island architects have been carefully cultivating this undersea mount for generations, using painstaking traditional techniques, which are only now showing true signs of paying off; in contrast, Chinese island architects almost exclusively stick to rapid-fill dredging combined with concrete pours on top of coral reefs, which are generally considered to be a far less elegant and lower quality way of producing an island.

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Maybe a testament to the effects of the uber nationalistic, hyper-competitive nature of the chinese economy. Get nitpicky about the how of what you’re going to do and someone else will take the contract. Get too good at what you do and you risk government assimilation.

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