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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 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Americans in charge will cope and seethe, but they'll understand.