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> To the west if you found a piece of land and lived there for 100 years, it's yours - that's how the US was founded after all

Some say the genocide of the natives also helped a lot. These kind of logic just can't be applied to the problems in Asia, where the territory disputes trace back to hundreds of years ago. It's not a west vs east thing.



I believe the parent comment was talking about squatters rights[0], not how the US was conquered.

[0] http://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2013/12/13/...




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