Why can one aliased C# Type not be accessed by another?

Question

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// ok to alias a List Type
using AliasStringList = System.Collections.Generic.List;

// and ok to alias a List of Lists like this
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Answer 1

The documentation says:

The right side of a using alias directive must always be a fully-qualified type regardless of the using directives that come before it.

So basically alias directives ignore other using directives.