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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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