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herpaderp43321 t1_j5w9v03 wrote

Reply to comment by elshankar in US Seeks Reengagement with China to Stop Illicit Fentanyl as Blinken Heads to Beijing by Sweaty_Maybe1076

so...150 something years ago if the bot is correct? Damn talk about holding a grudge. Then again maybe china WONT be sore about it if they find out we can just do it again...and this time around they won't be able to do much about it.

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m0le t1_j5xdjoh wrote

You think 150 years is a long time to hold a grudge? Hahaha you sweet summer child. Ask the Irish how they feel about the potato famine, or the English about the French in general, or indeed pretty much any European country about pretty much all of their neighbours.

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herpaderp43321 t1_j5y5r0v wrote

Thought the EU mostly had their issues worked out? Plus another commenter said china hates the west for "picking on them when they were too weak to do anything about it" as if the only reason china isn't strong right now is cause of the west. It's like they don't understand if they get caught off, they collapse basically on the spot. It's in their best interest here to just let something like the drug wars and what not go if they really want to prosper.

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m0le t1_j5y7aso wrote

Nope. The EU as a whole has major tensions historical and current, and always will. That doesn't stop them working together when necessary but can be a little awkward. It's like an ex you've got serious history with - kids and shared property, say. Most of the time you're civil to each other, every so often it gets bitter and horrible for a while but you always manage to grit your teeth and get a working relationship going again because it'd just be disastrous if you didn't. Britain is currently sulking in the corner though sent some apology flowers to get everyone to help out their neighbour Ukraine. It's all fun and games until it turns vicious.

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dumpmaster42069 t1_j5wqap0 wrote

Yeah actually most of China is still very pissed about the centuries of disrespect the west showed them when they were to weak to do anything. You’re talking about a country with a very Long view on time going backwards or forwards

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Sweaty_Maybe1076 OP t1_j5yiuz9 wrote

It's convenient to have totally omitted ww2

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dumpmaster42069 t1_j60rmf9 wrote

Yeah well things happened fast after that. Kinda spoiled the happy feelings.

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Sweaty_Maybe1076 OP t1_j60ttsx wrote

You mean a soviet proxy civil war attempt which installed Mao whom only a few years later caused the great family which killed 55 million people?

The only spoiled feelings after that I imagine is the CCP officials knowing you picked the wrong side

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