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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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