PRC/PLA 2015 Victory Parade Thread

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FarkTypeSoldier

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Josh Luo said:
I think Vietnam is playing a very smart game here. Of all the states have territorial disputes with China, Vietnam is the only one without mutual defense treaty with either the U.S. or Russia. Domestically, Vietnamese leaders need to maintain nationalistic tensions just short of war with China for the former's legitimacy, since China is the most convenient imagined enemy at this moment. With the existence of a powerful constructed/imagined enemy at its doorstep, both the masses and political elites are more likely to unite, leading to rallying around the flag effect and elites' further consolidation of power. On the other hand, however, from a geopolitical balance of power perspective, Vietnamese leaders know their country would suffer significant material damages in a war with China if neither Russia nor the U.S. intervenes directly. Therefore, I think the Vietnamese leader's attendance is really about reassuring China by projecting an image that the former is not as confrontational as the domestic polls suggest. In authoritarian party-states, opinion polls on foreign policies do not necessarily have to be turned into actions, and both parties know. In fact, the term "party ties" between CCP and CPV (along with increasing trade) is something the Vietnamese have used to dissuade potential Chinese aggressions. In addition, Vietnam has always supported China regarding the Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang issues, making Chinese leaders think twice before deciding or not whether they want to lose a "friend."
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Also Vietnam is the only one has land border with China, thats a huge different.

With or without intervention from both Russia or USA, there is no way Vietnam would be able to handle a war with China. Remember in 1979 when China was very backward country, basically all infrastructure in northern part of Vietnam was destroyed by PLA ...... and if it were happen now in 2015 ..... just couldn't imagine
 
by78

by78

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A few more other land systems:

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