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Lol. That's later story. China supported north in the Vietnam war, is this even a question? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_in_the_Vietnam_War https://en.w

• Baeocystin 5y ago
  No? My point is that Vietnam and China have a centuries-long history of antagonism; to take China's support of the North during the Vietnam War as anything other than realpolitik is to miss the greater context. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Vietnam_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Vietnam_relation... FWIW, I agree with you regarding the dangers of communist purges- I lived in Laos in the late 70's/early 80's. I saw plenty of first-hand examples of what happens.