Sino-Vietnamese War
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The Sino-Vietnamese War (also known by other names) was a brief conflict that occurred in early 1979 between China and Vietnam. China launched an offensive ostensibly in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in 1978, which ended the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge. The conflict lasted for about a month, with China withdrawing its troops in March 1979.
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Part of the Third Indochina War, the Sino-Soviet split and the Cold War | |||||||
Map of Vietnamese cities that were attacked by China | |||||||
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China | Vietnam | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中越战争 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中越戰爭 | ||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 对越自卫反击战 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 對越自衛反擊戰 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Self-defensive war against Vietnam | ||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese | Chiến tranh biên giới Việt-Trung | ||||||||||||||
Hán-Nôm | 戰爭邊界越中 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Vietnamese-Chinese border war | ||||||||||||||
In February 1979, Chinese forces launched a surprise invasion of northern Vietnam and quickly captured several cities near the border. On 6 March of that year, China declared that its punitive mission had been accomplished. Chinese troops then withdrew from Vietnam. However, Vietnam continued to occupy Cambodia until 1989, which means that China did not achieve its goal of dissuading Vietnam from involvement in Cambodia. However, China's operation at least successfully forced Vietnam to withdraw some units, namely the 2nd Corps, from the invasion forces of Cambodia to reinforce the defense of Hanoi.[18] The conflict had a lasting impact on the relationship between China and Vietnam, and diplomatic relations between the two countries were not fully restored until 1991. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Sino-Vietnamese border was finalized. Although unable to deter Vietnam from ousting Pol Pot from Cambodia, China demonstrated that the Soviet Union, its Cold War communist adversary, was unable to protect its Vietnamese ally.[19]