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by refurb 2862 days ago
but the US has way more history of intervention in other countries

Not exactly sure how'd you quantify it, but I think the people of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Singapore, Tibet, Myanmar, and India might take issue with that claim[1].

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Peo...

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That's nothing compared to intervention involving the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Uni.... What's worse, is that these wars are often catalysts for even worse Civil wars like in Cambodia, Iraq, or Libya.
Let's count have many government have been overthrown by each, how many wars have they both been involved, how many political parties or rebellions financed?
Going back how long? China's been around for a lot longer!