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* This was very ''much'' a [[Cold War]] era trope. Consider the [[James Bond]] films: the Red Chinese are [[Goldfinger]]'s backers (1964), and in they tolerate [[The Man with the Golden Gun|Scaramanga]] operating out of their country (1974).
* This was very ''much'' a [[Cold War]] era trope. Consider the [[James Bond]] films: the Red Chinese are [[Goldfinger]]'s backers (1964), and in they tolerate [[The Man with the Golden Gun|Scaramanga]] operating out of their country (1974).
* And then there's ''[[The Manchurian Candidate]]''...
* And then there's ''[[The Manchurian Candidate]]''...


'''The government of [[Insistent Terminology|Myanmar]] (Burma)'''

'''The [[People's Republic of Tyranny|Democratic People's Republic]] of Korea'''

Imagine a cheap knock-off of the USSR under Stalin, as performed by a junior high drama club. Then give them constant food shortages, an insane cult of personality around their leader, and enough missiles to wipe the capital of South Korea off the map.


== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==