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“We all know that China sent guns to Vietnam to kill Americans and enslave the South Vietnamese.”

You responded: ‘Most of us, I mean conservative Chinese, think that is insults.’

Why are you insulted? It’s true, isn’t it? We have FReeper Vietnam Vets who can attest to the role your govt. played in Vietnam and Cambodia. Don’t think the entire world is made up of ignoramuses.

If a country is called genocidal because it sent gun to Vietnam, what should we call another country which sent troop there and killed 3 million civilians directly.
There is no such things called "good war". Do you really believe those civilians who would consider the high-tech bombs exploded beside their houses as personification of freedom even those bombs were dropped in the name of justice?
I want to repeat my opinion again, governments decide their actions or even make decisions using different sets of criteria or rules, learnt from previous experience. They are not always well defined and not perfect. There is an inescapable tension faced by all governments in reconciling their commitment to principles and the interests of the state. Why would we think our gov always right? Education gave us different version of history, media worked as governments' throat. So, explanation about your attitudes towards history is what an intelligent debate should contain. That's why I'm here – try to find something different from what our television program or newspaper said. It's meaningless to attack each other's country with words like genocidal or rabid.

I never thought our government made no mistake in history. But someone's description and conclusion on China would suggest a possible double standard. They tended to criticize our country with the worst word, but played ostrich when we mentioned the same problem in their country. The views of the non-America world were often ignored or inadequately considered.

They don’t see, as yet, to be rabid PLA/CCP cheerleaders like you or the mouthpiece who claimed that there is NO censorship in China.

I never claim there is no censorship in China. I know that some websites are in the black list of Chinese government. It's wrong and useless to block some specific websites. Just as now, I still could get information about Cambodia from your post in FreeRepublic.
BTW, do you ever hear PATRIOT Act? According to this act, FBI could search telephone, email and financial records without a court order. Would it be better than to be blocked?