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Re:The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 by MichaelMoser123 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @07:24AM (#36269573)
> Luckily Xiaoping entered the chat and the rest is Chinese history.

I think Deng Xiaoping is a direct result of these developments during the Mao years.

Things would have been very different for China, without the rapprochement with the west. Without friendly terms with the west they would have to maintain an enormously big army.

Think of a China today that is more like North Korea.

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Re:The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 by malermeister on Saturday June 10, 2023 @07:36AM (#36269644)
So basically Russia in 2023?
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Re:The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 by tjoff on Saturday June 10, 2023 @08:12AM (#36269819)
> Without friendly terms with the west they would have to maintain an enormously big army.

They don't?

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Re:The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 by MichaelMoser123 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @09:58AM (#36270507)
it was relatively low, for quite some time.
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Re:The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 by elkos on Sunday June 11, 2023 @02:22PM (#36284098)
comparable to they population and GDP?
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