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Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side by Baeocystin on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:31PM (#27284652)
China was not on friendly terms with the north. They invaded Vietnam shortly after the Americans left, in response to Vietnam's actions in Cambodia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Vietnamese_W...

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Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side by temp8964 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:40PM (#27284704)
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

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Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side by Baeocystin on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @09:20PM (#27285002)
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_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.

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Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side by knz_ on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:11PM (#27285358)
This is some propaganda for sure. ho chi mihn was a political prisoner and figurehead of the CCP state, similar to kim il-sung.

The vietmanese state has been an extension of the CCP since the 70s. This isn't up for debate, it's objective fact.

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Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side by azernik on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @11:21PM (#27285857)
Except for the Vietnamese invasion of the Chinese satellite regime in Cambodia, and the literal shooting war between China and Vietnam immediately afterwards.

The Sino-Soviet split was a Very Big Deal, and Vietnam was firmly on the Soviet side of that split.

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