What happened during the Eastern Bloc ?

Countries in the Eastern Bloc had experienced famine and poverty at unprecedented levels caused by rampant corruption and total failure in service delivery from authorities as well as massive investments to finance the Cold War.

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china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.

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