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[–] ThePyroPython 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Um, please can we not bet the future of humanity on there being a Chinese equivalent of Vasili Arkhipov during the blockade of Cuban Missile Crisis 2: Chinatown.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov

Let's not sabre rattle again only to carefully de-escalate back to where we are.