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You should be concerned if you're China's neighbor. In addition to the ones listed above, China had a border conflict with USSR in 1969 in Far East - [0]. China
by jryle70 5y ago
You should be concerned if you're China's neighbor. In addition to the ones listed above, China had a border conflict with USSR in 1969 in Far East - [0]. China invaded the contested Paracel islands which was under South Vietnam's control at the time - [1]. China killed 64 Vietnamese solder in the Johnson South Reef Skirmish - [2]
Worst of all, China directly supported and controlled Khmer Rouge, causing the death of at least a million Cambodians, 25% of their population. The worst genocide since WW2 that seems to have been gradually forgotten - [3]. Note that most Western countries also bore the responsibility, albeit indirectly, by the virtue of looking the other way.
All of that happened when China was only a regional power with a poor economy.
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_border_conflict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_border_conflict
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Paracel_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Paracel_Islands
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_South_Reef_Skirmish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_South_Reef_Skirmish
[3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide