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by levosmetalo 2072 days ago
And which country was the first one to start dropping bombs on other sovereign countries without a UN mandate? If I remember correctly, it was not China. They never dropped a single bomb on any other country.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War

Also their participation in the Korean War obviously and a bunch of minor skirmishes.

You sure they didn't in the Korea or Sino-Vietnamese War?
That's called a Whataboutism. It doesn't address nor make any point.

Its a crude deflection.

One countries atrocities are not an excuse for other to follow their suit

It's not whataboutism when GP is not-so-subtly accusing China of being the root cause of the problems with the UN. The point it that the problems run much deeper than that.