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Feels like back in the 90's people were a bit more chill and didn't go into a genocidal lunatic rage at the mere mention of the country. Wild to think people used to get down with hong kong action movies.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2024
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i remember so many articles as a kid breathlessly describing "the rise of china" as a sort of neutral/neutral-good thing. everyone thought they were going to get addicted to a market economy and politically "liberalize" aka become a heavily manipulated and corrupted multi-party parlimentary liberal "democracy". i guess there was a bunch of excitement about looting the place
i think the anti-corruption crackdowns basically saved the country and the Party
They wanted to do to China and Russia what they did to Japan, South Korea and their other allies (make obedient puppet states that they could suck dry) so there was a brief period in the 90s where they were less openly hostile to China and Russia "It's the 90s! The cold war is over, Russia's our friend now!"
But China and Russia have not fully become subservient to the US and so the war drums start
The 90s peace should have never happened.
Soviet union come back please wreak holy vengeance on the empires