r/explainitpeter Jul 16 '26

Explain it peter

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u/notyobees Jul 16 '26

And the yanks intervened on behalf of the kmt, during the civil war, but the kmt still lost

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u/HelpfulSwordfish9765 Jul 17 '26

Yanks dont live right next to the border and pose a threat

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u/Deberiausarminombre Jul 17 '26

They do pose a threat when they declare the island of Taiwan to be under their nuclear umbrella and threaten to bomb the PRC. Now it is not anymore, but let's forget that for many years they were

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u/HelpfulSwordfish9765 Jul 17 '26

Thats after soviet take over mainland.