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China was not on friendly terms with the north. They invaded Vietnam shortly after the Americans left, in response to Vietnam's actions in Cambodia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Vietnamese_W...

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Lol. That's later story. China supported north in the Vietnam war, is this even a question?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_in_the_Vietnam_War

No? My point is that Vietnam and China have a centuries-long history of antagonism; to take China's support of the North during the Vietnam War as anything other than realpolitik is to miss the greater context.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Vietnam_relation...

FWIW, I agree with you regarding the dangers of communist purges- I lived in Laos in the late 70's/early 80's. I saw plenty of first-hand examples of what happens.

This is some propaganda for sure. ho chi mihn was a political prisoner and figurehead of the CCP state, similar to kim il-sung.

The vietmanese state has been an extension of the CCP since the 70s. This isn't up for debate, it's objective fact.

Except for the Vietnamese invasion of the Chinese satellite regime in Cambodia, and the literal shooting war between China and Vietnam immediately afterwards.

The Sino-Soviet split was a Very Big Deal, and Vietnam was firmly on the Soviet side of that split.

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