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[Blowback S5] China not looking so hot in this season. (hexbear.net)
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I'm finishing the last episode of S5 now, and I'll be fully caught up on this series. Between Afghanistan and Cambodia, China's willingness to play ball with the US and its agenda is frustrating to learn.

It leaves me wanting to learn more about the Sino/Soviet split. The way this division manifested really aligned China with some dark forces, it would seem.

I also imagine the process of "normalization" with the US plays a huge role in the way this history unfolds as well.

It makes me wonder what they knew about The Khmer Rouge's operations. I was left with the impression, based on how the history was laid out, that China was aware of just how aggressive and bloody the Khmer Rouge's policies were.

Something about that stretch of time between 79 and 89 seems to have resulted in a bunch of weird geopolitical stuff.

Need to finish this episode, I guess.

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[–] spectre@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The Maoist period in which the Sino-Soviet split peaked and enabled the Cambodian genocide was substantially different than the Dengist/reform period. This was before they started doing capitalism.

[–] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

Yes but Deng did allow for the further support of the Khemer Rouge in their guerilla phase after Vietnam rolled in and kicked them out.

The unequivocal Deng "L" was allying with the US to support the rebels against the Vietnamese supported government. I can understand the choice as brutal Realpolitik but that doesn't make it right. The fact that China basically took an aggressive posture versus Vietnam in this era was unfortunately the big L

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I know I absolutely fucked up with what I was trying to say here.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

Fair enough