Worst empire is the one close to you. Always. Also, China expanded less in the 19th Century than the US and Russia, not that they didn't do considerable expanding earlier. 19th and early 20th Century, they lost territory and considerable internal control to the Europeans.
State media of the People's Republic of China demonstrating Xi Jinping's How to Win Friends and Influence Countries.
You just threaten them a lot with consequences that lack credibility because of how monumentally stupid they'd be to carry out.
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China does better in Africa because it never had colonies there and can play on the "Europeans bullied us, too, but we overcame with the Grace of Chairman Mao." Sigh. They do a great job of exporting stuff. I've got Chinese electronics all over the house.
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I swear, is there a "How to empire ineptly" 101 course everyone takes?
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Yes, it's called 'Internal Politics.' Mandatory prerequisite to getting to run a state.
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