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How do maoists or "anti-revisionists" explain Mao getting closer with the US and becoming hostile towards Vietnam? (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Wasn't the falling out with Vietnam essentially a side effect of Sino-Soviet split? Mao wanted Vietnam as China's satellite while Vietnam wanted independence and wouldn't cut ties with the USSR.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Mao flatout wanted not to have China encircled by soviet aligned states. Neutral was completely fine. The DPRK, for example, went neutral during that time, Juche becoming the offical ideology around that time, it evaded most of the bullshit that came out of the split.

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