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**Officer of Engineers** · 08-15-2003, 09:40 AM

The Sino-VNese Alliance ended around 1976-77 when the mass ethnic cleansing of ethnic Chinese happenned in Vietnam. Downright hostilities started boiling over when VN and Cambodia went to war, culmulating with the 1st Sino-VN War in 1979 though that war was more of an attempt to remove the Soviet Southern Flank than to avenge Cambodia.

I don't know the strategic reasons for the 2nd Sino-VN War in 84-87 which ended in a pissing contest more than anything else.

I do not recall any US mission that far north into China which would have met by Chinese air defence rather than Vietnamese.

08-15-2003, 09:40 AM	#66 (permalink)
Officer of Engineers *Military Professional* Moderator Scotch taster Join Date: 08-06-03 Posts: 17,136 Country:	The Sino-VNese Alliance ended around 1976-77 when the mass ethnic cleansing of ethnic Chinese happenned in Vietnam. Downright hostilities started boiling over when VN and Cambodia went to war, culmulating with the 1st Sino-VN War in 1979 though that war was more of an attempt to remove the Soviet Southern Flank than to avenge Cambodia. I don't know the strategic reasons for the 2nd Sino-VN War in 84-87 which ended in a pissing contest more than anything else. I do not recall any US mission that far north into China which would have met by Chinese air defence rather than Vietnamese. __________________ Chimo