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[–] marcie@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago

now that we have closed venezuelan airspace you can add them to the list, because thats an act of war

[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Americans should worry less about what is or isn't on China's list and focus on addressing their own.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

B-but... America good... China stinky.... Democrats told me so...

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

holy shit 66 downvotes

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

But have you considered "whiteman good, chinaman bad"?

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That second Chinese one tho

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Overall it was a shitshow. Vietnam also ethnically cleansed its chinese minority and there was fighting at t he border because it was pretty much indefined. Furthermore, Vietnam ahd close ties to the USSR, with which China had recently broken. Thus China saw itself between the allied stated of Vietnam and USSR.

Fittingly the resulting border war also was a total shitshow. A few PLA divisions pushing into Vietnam, without artillery or air support. Vietnam defended with local militias as its army was in Cambodia. China occupied some border cities, but took severe losses, then it went home. The vietnamese militias were excellent fighters but lacked heavy arms, so all they could do is delay the chinese (which they did admirably). Both sides claimed victory and the relations between the two countries were in the gutter until a few years ago.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

And still the libs insist that we’re “campist” simps for Xitler and would never allow any criticisms of China.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I find it hard to believe that imperial china didnt invade anyone between 598 ad and 1912

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Notice the flags? This is not about imperial China, it is about the PRC.

Or are you one of the weirdos who also thinks Russian Empire = USSR = Russian Federation?

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[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It does say PRC in the heading, but you'd be forgiven for missing it.

[–] grahamja@reddthat.com 4 points 3 days ago

They fought a lot, they just didn't win much lmao.

[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

yeah, i think this is relying pretty heavily on people's ignorance of china's history to seem even remotely believable. idk why they feel the need to lie anyway, cause china's record in the modern day is still undeniably better than the US's.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the intention was the PRC's history, and used China as a way to let people who don't know what the PRC is. Poor formatting, I agree.

[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

yeah, but of that was the case, they shouldn't have included the invasion if korea in 598, which predates the formation of the PRC by over 1300 years.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago

Ah, didn't see that, you're right.

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