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Originally Posted by Inst
I'm a bit stupid, so could you elucidate further? How does 1979 tie into Chinese concepts of strategy? Would a country with a different mindset not opt to invade Vietnam?
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In the 60's the USSR and PRC clashed and it set up a rivalry between the two communist mega states. China resolved to emerge from the Soviet shadow, merely becoming a US client wasn't a long term solution. By punishing a Soviet client state China asserted that is was a dominant power in its own right and able to exercise power beyond its own borders in defiance of a super power becuase it was an equal.