Visualization of countries connecting each to their primary trade partners. The Soviet Bloc is on the top right.

:xi-gun: :deng-salute: :amerikkka: :corn-man-khrush: :stalin-gun-1: :stalin-gun-2:

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  • disco [any]
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    3 years ago

    Where is China in the 1970 graph?

    • vccx [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Doesn't show up until 1980 as a node connected to Japan. China was almost completely isolated de-industrialized the for a long time.

      Looks like it's just the IMF shitting the bed with the data reporting though.

      https://twitter.com/sundellviz/status/1488598738037846016?s=20&t=NixHV437e6wzxvsCbMaO5Q