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China backs Cuba during tensions with US
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Are you doing a bit? A joke? chuckling it up?
i know next to nothing of the USSR's international diplomacy besides the fact that they tried to materially support other socialist regimes and that these efforts are in stark contrast to China's seeming indifference (excluding North Korea & Vietnam).
the Sahel states are the only ones to get anything more than "thoughts and prayers" but those initiatives started when they were still under french control so it's questionable at best if they can about counted as support since they've commited similar initiatives in isreal.
It’s common to hear that the USSR got over extended supporting global communism too much but realistically they could have kept that up had they not had the economic problems they did.
China today has much better economic positioning than the USSR for a variety of reasons so I really think them not helping more is a huge mistake but part of it is that while they defensively an in their region they can likely match the US they can’t do that far from home right now.
I’m optimistic this could change as China is able to get to parity with the US on military power projection. I know they have plans for building nuclear powered aircraft carriers which is what they need realistically if they’re going to actually militarily intervene to help say Venezuela or Cuba due to their distance from China.
IMO the next 10 years are going to show if China is actually willing to take on the mantle of the leader of global commmunist movement like it needs to.
China cannot do any international power projection until they deal with the Taiwan issue first. As long as reunification is not complete, America can keep using that island as a wedge against China, both in geopolitical manoeuvring and economic trade/ warfare.
And even in the case of Taiwan where China actually DOES do power projection, they would rather resort to peaceful means of getting what they want (soft power through economic integration, diplomatic warming, cultural exchanges, and buying out Taiwanese politicians, military officers, and businesspeople) than the American brute force method of using military invasion, gunboat diplomacy, and sanctions.
Of course, this could change as the so-called Davidson window closes next year and China finally reaches military parity with the USA, but they still have to deal with the empire being on their doorstep before doing anything more to help countries like Cuba.