China’s 3 Best Friend Countries?

[Dowaesk]

Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey

Nah. Turkey-China relations aren't all that well. Especially when it comes to the Uyghurs.

[Dowaesk]

As per me. China's best friends would be:
1- North Korea
2- Myanmar

Bonus:
3- Communos (not a country)

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

China, by definition, can not have friends

What definition?

[Dowaesk]

China, by definition, can not have friends

What definition?

Probably implying that China is pure evil.

[Nekostan-e Sharqi]

China, by definition, can not have friends

What definition?

The definition of China as Qin and its successor states.

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

What definition?

The definition of China as Qin and its successor states.

Do expand on that as to how that means China can have no friends. Why not quote some actual wording that expresses that sentiment. You know something that shows you didn't just pull this out of your ass because you thought it sounded good.

[The Blaatschapen]

Chinas best friend is the USA.

It has been that way since the USA is instrumental in the defense of the ROC.

[Comerciante]

No state has friends.

All states do have shared interests that will at least propel them to act in such away that can be construed as friendship. At best we can list nations that have a vested interest in keeping China around then seeing them gone, all we have to do is look at how many companies rely on Chinese markets, and where those companies come from.

[The New California Republic]

Lol China and Vietnam aren't friends. They have been at loggerheads for over 40 years.

[Heloin]

Pakistan and that's it. Cambodia prefers China to Vietnam every other day, North Korea is hates China the least of everyone on earth, and that you'd even think Vietnam could be an option screams wonders to your understanding of the politics of the region.

And Burma is currently spinning a roulette wheel and shouting "Wheeeeeeee!"

[Radiatia]

I would struggle to name a country that's actually friends with China. Even Russia is more of an uneasy truce than an actual friend - there are ongoing border disputes between the two that could erupt at any moment.

Maybe Laos? I don't know much about Laos but I do know that everyone else in the region (including Vietnam) are not fond of China.

North Korea probably to an extent, but that's more because they depend on China to keep existing.

Now that I think about it, even China isn't friends with China. Large parts of the country are illegally occupied (Tibet), being actively genocided in order to prevent secession (East Turkestan) or are being overrun in contravention of international agreements (Hong Kong).

I was going to mention Taiwan but China's claim over them would be like me putting on a hat and claiming it's part of my head.

[Old Tyrannia]

Countries don't have "friends." They have, at best, long-term alliances of convenience based on shared or compatible geopolitical interests. In China's case, it has reasonably stable alliances with Russia, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan and a few other countries, but it would be a mistake to assume there is any sense of camaraderie or mutual affection between China and those countries. Those relationships are maintained only by the existence of mutual geopolitical rivals like the US in the case of Russia and Iran and India in the case of Pakistan. In the case of Russia there is actually a fair amount of tension over disputed borders. Speak to Russian people and you'll find that they often have strongly negative attitudes towards the Chinese, moreso even than towards Americans. And as many others have pointed out in this thread already, including Vietnam in the poll is quite out of touch with reality given Vietnam is possibly the most anti-Chinese of all China's neighbours, and in fact the relationship between the two has been strained at best since the Sino-Soviet split.

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

And as many others have pointed out in this thread already, including Vietnam in the poll is quite out of touch with reality given Vietnam is possibly the most anti-Chinese of all China's neighbours, and in fact the relationship between the two has been strained at best since the Sino-Soviet split.

Make it since at least the Qin dynasty. Sino-Vietnamese relations for most of history has been basically that of a coloniser and colonised, interrupted briefly only by the happenstance of the invasion of an enemy they both disliked (America).

[Borderlands of Rojava]

Oh this really is a cursed place. Ugh.

China's best friends scare me. North Korea especially.

[North Cromch]

Which China are we talking about?

[Miku the Based]

Wanted to vote for all of them. Tough love and all of that.

China will be your friend if you will it to respect your boundaries.

[Cordel One]

China's not really friendly with any other countries, even its allies.

[Infected Mushroom]

What about Central Asia?

[North Cromch]

What about Central Asia?

What about Nepal?

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey

Nah. Turkey-China relations aren't all that well. Especially when it comes to the Uyghurs.

Guess who Turkey are relying on to supply nearly all their covid vaccines.

[Infected Mushroom]

Nah. Turkey-China relations aren't all that well. Especially when it comes to the Uyghurs.

Guess who Turkey are relying on to supply nearly all their covid vaccines.

Is it... China?

[Adamede]

Countries don’t have friends, they have allies.

Although North Korea is kinda like China’s rabid dog they keep chained in the backyard and everyone else is afraid of.

Also Vietnam and China are NOT allies. China literally invaded Vietnam right after the Americans left.

[Adamede]

I would go with Russia, North Korea, and Pakistan in that order. Russia because of the close cooperation in the UN and in natural resources; also, both are ideologically anti-imperial. North Korea because of the mutual defense understandings, and then Pakistan. I picked Pakistan as 3 because throughout most of the Cold War and even to now, I don’t think China and Pakistan have Had any major disagreements.

> Russia: annexes Crimea, intervenes in Syria, inserts troops into Eastern Ukraine.

> China: aggressively ramps up island-building projects in South China Sea, installs military bases and civilian towns on islands, border conflicts with India, debt-trap diplomacy in Africa.

So anti-imperial. Lmao. More like anti-West and pro-their-own-imperialism.

Remember, it’s only imperialism if Western nations do it.

[The Blaatschapen]

> Russia: annexes Crimea, intervenes in Syria, inserts troops into Eastern Ukraine.

> China: aggressively ramps up island-building projects in South China Sea, installs military bases and civilian towns on islands, border conflicts with India, debt-trap diplomacy in Africa.

So anti-imperial. Lmao. More like anti-West and pro-their-own-imperialism.

Remember, it’s only imperialism if Western nations do it.

It's only imperialism if it is from the imperialism region in France.

Otherwise it's just sparkling empire building.

[Adamede]

Remember, it’s only imperialism if Western nations do it.

It's only imperialism if it is from the imperialism region in France.

Otherwise it's just sparkling empire building.

But professional empire builders are unable to tell the difference in blind colonization tests!