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Do not be fooled by the popular optics portraying China and Vietnam as eternal enemies. They are not, as evidenced by State Councilor 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 survive. The non-communist world tends to forget that they are the most successful countries to have adopted a political system opposite to democratic governance. It must be emphasized that Beijing and Hanoi have registered unprecedented economic growth and social progress even during...
