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ifwintercoyesterday at 7:26 AM1 replyview on HN

I’ve only been to Vietnam but the answer there is it’s… complicated.

They’re culturally part of the sinosphere but of course constantly living in the shadow of your much, much bigger neighbour to the north does breed some ill feeling.

The USA on the other hand, well, they’re not particularly popular either for obvious reasons


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ethbr1yesterday at 12:39 PM

The irony is much of the China-ASEA acrimony seems to be over China's aggressive territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Which was a dumb move because, given Chinese economic superiority, they could have just quietly negotiated 99 year military base leases and oil/gas extraction with the UN-recognized territorial owners.

Same outcome, less bad blood.

Seems a bit of an own goal to militarily force the issue and antagonize its neighbors, who it's trying to convert to its sphere of influence.

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