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China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro (www.reuters.com)
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the "world's judge" after the United States captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

The world's second-largest economy has provided Venezuela with an economic lifeline since the U.S. and its allies ramped up sanctions in 2017, purchasing roughly $1.6 billion worth of goods in 2024, the most recent full-year data available.

Almost half of China's purchases were crude oil, customs data shows, while its state-owned oil giants had invested around $4.6 billion in Venezuela by 2018, according to data from the American Enterprise Institute think tank, which tracks Chinese overseas corporate investment.

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[–] 2 points 8 months ago (6 children)

The key difference, for those unfamiliar with Asia or history, is that South Korea is a cohesive modern nation with a competent military and a strong sense of national identity that feel genuine friendship with the US (for now at least). All things that weren't true about South Vietnam.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    South Korea was essentially invented by the US in 1947, it took trillions in investment, and decades of propaganda+imprisoning/killing everyone left of Sygmon Rhee to create the nation of South Korea..

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I think you're giving the US way too much credit here. They helped south korea establish itself with a massive investment, but they didn't "invent" the country, and its pretty insulting to south koreans that you're so willing to take away their agency in the matter.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    There literally was no South Korea, just Korea before the US drew a line on a map.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    if i remember correctly, the north koreans also had a role to play in drawing that map, seeing as how the north korean army was pushed all the way north to china's border.

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