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The original [[People's Republic of Tyranny]], China played a fair amount of roles as the [[Big Bad]] during part of The [[Cold War]]--afterward, portrayal has tended to move towards that of an international [[Anti-Hero]], of the [[Lawful Neutral]] sort--although given [[Values Dissonance]], it sometimes could qualify as [[Chaotic Neutral]] instead. |
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Following the Communist Revolution of 1949, the Kuomintang gang went to Taiwan and set up a government, meaning mainland China became Communist. The prior regime were no saints themselves--[[Chiang Kai Shek]] marked his rise to power in China with a massacre of his opponents, and courted fascism; China was receiving Nazi advisors up until ''[[World War II]]'', when Germany withdrew them so as not to work against its Japanese allies--and were not exactly seen as such by the Western media--China and Asia in general had long been [[Yellow Peril|vilified]] in popular culture--but they were seen as a lesser evil, partially due to alliance in ''[[World War II]]'', and partially due to the fact that they were unlikely to aid the Soviet Union in international disputes. |
Following the Communist Revolution of 1949, the Kuomintang gang went to Taiwan and set up a government, meaning mainland China became Communist. The prior regime were no saints themselves--[[Chiang Kai Shek]] marked his rise to power in China with a massacre of his opponents, and courted fascism; China was receiving Nazi advisors up until ''[[World War II]]'', when Germany withdrew them so as not to work against its Japanese allies--and were not exactly seen as such by the Western media--China and Asia in general had long been [[Yellow Peril|vilified]] in popular culture--but they were seen as a lesser evil, partially due to alliance in ''[[World War II]]'', and partially due to the fact that they were unlikely to aid the Soviet Union in international disputes. |
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Incidentally, red is also a traditional color ''of'' [[China]], predating Marxism. |
Incidentally, red is also a traditional color ''of'' [[China]], predating Marxism. |
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== Comic Books == |
== Comic Books == |
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