as fucked up as it was (the Sino-Soviet split and its consequences, etc.) China was in Vietnam for under four weeks and it was a punitive engagement (Deng called it teaching them a lesson because China at the time thought Vietnam was pursuing regional hegemony) not an attempt to conquer the country. pointing at this as evidence for PLA weakness is pure western hubris
as fucked up as it was (the Sino-Soviet split and its consequences, etc.) China was in Vietnam for under four weeks and it was a punitive engagement (Deng called it teaching them a lesson because China at the time thought Vietnam was pursuing regional hegemony) not an attempt to conquer the country. pointing at this as evidence for PLA weakness is pure western hubris
Give the Vietnamese credit; They did far, far better than anyone expected giving the massive disparity.
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It's not on a comparable scale but there was fighting in Tibet in '59, wasn't there?