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In Nayan Chanda’s book, she highlights the disputes between the Cambodias and Vietnamese. I never understood the dynamics to be so complicated, which indicates how our educational system lacks adequate curriculum. As a Chinese-American, I can only imagine how Cambodian-Americans or Vietnamese-Americans feel when they read about these situations. Maybe they were told stories about the wars from relatives, but maybe this is their first time learning about their own history. Even as a Chinese-American, I was never informed about how much we were involved with the war. It is surprising to read that Vietnamese origins are still debated on. I didn’t know that they were occupied by the Chinese. After so much occupation from different countries, I understand now how fed up the Vietnamese were and wanted their own independence. This week, I posted a picture of a comic. I think it correlates well with everything we’ve learnt in the class, since we are given a proper representation of the war and how violent it is for native Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Americans generationally. If America stopped using anti-communist rhetoric to control the pro-war movement, would there be any other stronger motives that would promote such strong desires for people to want to go to war? 

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