Contradictions arise among nations due to distinctions and interests. National contradictions go hand in hand with national differences and are closely related to national interests as well as class contradictions, and there are national contradictions of different nature and manifestations in different historical periods. In class society, there are antagonisms and conflicts between the ruling nation and the ruled nations within the country. In the imperialist period, there are intense contradictions between the imperialist powers and the colonial and semi-colonial nations at the international level…
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