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[“Tommayantee” immortalised long before she passed away] China-Vietnam fraternal ties are strong Do not be fooled by the popular optics portraying China and Vietnam as eternal enemies. They are not, as evidenced by State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s weekend visit to Vietnam. Indeed, for communism, as practiced in China and Vietnam, to thrive, their friendship and close cooperation are essential to ensuring that this form of governance will continue. The non-communist world tends to forget that they are the most successful countries to have adopted a non-democratic political system of governance. It must be emphasised that Beijing and...
