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Re:The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 by seanmcdirmid on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:35PM (#36267344)
The Chinese split from north Vietnam is just a consequence of the sino-Soviet split that began under kruschev. However, the Vietnamese did help with Soviet tech to preserve and display Mao’s body, at least.
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Re:The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 by MichaelMoser123 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @12:14AM (#36267539)
both China and the Soviet Union were supporting North Vietnam at the same time - up until 1968 (when they had this war over an island). The Sino Soviet split happened much earlier, in 1961.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_in_the_Vietnam_War

The great friendship between China and the USA started after that border conflict, as China was looking for a counterweight.

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

I mean Mao was playing Nixon and Kissinger against Brezhnev.

The funny part is where Kissinger is taking all of the credit.

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Re:The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 by seanmcdirmid on Saturday June 10, 2023 @12:16AM (#36267551)
But 1973 things were falling apart, they would last until the war end with America (otherwise Mao wouldn’t have gotten his crystal casket), but by the late 70s Vietnam and china were at war.
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Re:The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 by refurb on Saturday June 10, 2023 @12:50AM (#36267693)
China and the USSR never quite "split" from North Vietnam until well after the end of the war in 1975 (the Sino-Vietnamese war in 1979 was the China aplit which was mended in the 80's).

The Sino-Soviet split had already happened (as you mentioned) and North Vietnam played China and the USSR off against each other "who can be the best friend of an important communist revolutionary government?".

It wasn't until the US engaged both China and the USSR in detente, and the war had progressed to such an extent it was obvious the US was leaving, that Vietnam moved way down the list of priorities for both the USSR and China. Both countries continued to support North Vietnam, but it was heavily tempered by what they might lose with the US.

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