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'You can never become a Westerner:' China's top diplomat urges Japan and South Korea to align with Beijing and 'revitalize Asia' | CNN(edition.cnn.com)

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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Kiiiiinda hard for South Korea to hear that with a straight face, considering China sided with NK pretty significantly in the Korean War and considers NK an ally (or at least definitely within their sphere of influence) to this day.

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knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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The Americans in charge will cope and seethe, but they’ll understand.

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redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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I bet they’re hoping that China doesn’t remind anyone that the US purposely tanked the Japanese and Korean economies fairly recently.

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RandAlThor@lemmy.caOP
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lol yeah that too! Chinese provided the millions of troops to the North for the invasion didn’t they. And are sustaining the North Korean regime economically to this day.

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