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China’s Communist Party claims the self-governing democracy of Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to take control of it, by force if necessary, despite having never controlled it.
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Eric Cheung, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Some spread the idea that most workers were lazy and didn’t deserve higher wages — an idea that justified strong resistance to unionization, by force if necessary.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Japan strongly opposes any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo by force or build up tension in the region.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Building such an order has been a central goal of U.S. foreign policy since World War II, when Germany and Japan sought to dominate Europe and East Asia by force.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Eric Cheung, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Some spread the idea that most workers were lazy and didn’t deserve higher wages — an idea that justified strong resistance to unionization, by force if necessary.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Japan strongly opposes any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo by force or build up tension in the region.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Building such an order has been a central goal of U.S. foreign policy since World War II, when Germany and Japan sought to dominate Europe and East Asia by force.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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“By force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20force. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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