• GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    2 days ago

    I think that China actually did back Pinochet, unless you want to say it doesn't count because of Deng

    • Babs [she/her]
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      2 days ago

      China did a lot of really stupid shit to piss off the Soviets. So many Ls.

    • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]
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      2 days ago

      China, backed Pinochet?

      The Sino-Soviet split and its consequences have been a disaster for mankind.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        2 days ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile%E2%80%93China_relations

        They supported each other's territorial claims, did a failed "joint venture" to build up the fascist military, and things like that.

        • combat_doomerism [he/him]
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          2 days ago

          from the looks of it, it was pretty much over them continuing to follow the "one china" policy according to natopedia, which seems typcial for Chinese foreign policy. why did you attribute this to deng though? i thought gang of four still had power in 73

          • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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            2 days ago

            I was referring not to the fascist coup but much later when Pinochet visited China and concluded that SWCC was of a nationalist character, unlike the communism of Mao. Sorry for being unclear.

            • combat_doomerism [he/him]
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              2 days ago

              ah i see, thanks! tbh just sounds like pure bs from pinochet, trying to reconcile his anti-communist stance with having relations with china (because like, he worked with china under the "communism of mao" too), i would curious to see if any chinese official reacted to that statement back then