Isn't it the fact that had China not opened on the end of 1970s it'd still be where Cambodia is today? Isn't it the fact that the late 1970s communists adjusted their rhetorics after they experienced the hunger and military humiliation at their northern borders with Russia and southern borders with Vietnam? Hard to imagine the misery of lost soldiers' families after the PLA's 20 or so mile incursion into the northern Vietnam then. Deng Xiaoping demonstrated his people how much his nation's leadership needed to re-think the ways they went about their business. So, should we "believe"? No. Should we know? Yes.

I Wrote:
China opened when it was hungry;
You Replied:
do you really believe that. No occupation or intervention is good anywhere.