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Vietnamese authorities confiscated property owned in Vietnam by overseas Chinese, and expelled many Chinese from Vietnam to a number of provinces in southern China. [ 79 ] However, China caused Vietnam to suffer from serious economic and military hardship by threatening to launch a second invasion, and by supporting Pol Pot guerrillas in Cambodia.
While Chiang Kai-shek, Xiao Wen (Hsiao Wen) and the Kuomintang central government of China was disinterested in occupying Vietnam beyond the allotted time period and involving itself in the war between the Viet Minh and the French, Lu Han held the opposite view and wanted to occupy Vietnam to prevent the French returning and establish a Chinese ...
The Sino-Vietnamese War was a brief border war between China and Vietnam in early 1979. Sino-Vietnamese War may also refer to: Qin campaign against the Yue tribes (221–214 BC) Han conquest of Nanyue (111 BC) Trung sisters' rebellion (40–43 AD) Lady Triệu Rebellion (248) Lý Nam Đế Rebellion (543) Sui–Former Lý War (602)
Conflict subsides without the outbreak of a full-scale war; Normalization of relations between China and Vietnam in 1991; Territorial changes: Temporary Chinese occupation of several areas within Vietnamese territory, in Vị Xuyên, Hà Giang (returned to Vietnam in 1992) Chinese capture of six reefs in the Spratly Islands
Sino–Vietnamese War (1979) Vietnam China: Stalemate. Both sides claimed victory. Chinese withdrawal from northern Vietnam. Lê Duẩn: Sino-Vietnamese border conflicts (1979 – 1991) Vietnam China: Stalemate. China occupied some Vietnamese areas briefly and retreated. Normalization of bilateral relations. Lê Duẩn (until July 1986)
The Vietnam War was a major event that shaped the course of the world in the second half of the 20th century. Although it was a regional conflict that occurred on the Indochinese Peninsula, it also affected the strategic interests of the People's Republic of China, the United States and the Soviet Union as well as the relations between these great powers.
For China-Vietnam conflicts, see: China–Vietnam relations; Sino-Vietnamese War, 20th-century invasion of Vietnam by the PRC; List of Chinese wars and battles;
Various names have been applied and have shifted over time, though Vietnam War is the most commonly used title in English. It has been called the Second Indochina War since it spread to Laos and Cambodia, [63] the Vietnam Conflict, [64] [65] and Nam (colloquially 'Nam). In Vietnam it is commonly known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ (lit.