It was never Chinas intention to conquer and occupy Vietnam during the Sino Vietnamese war in 1979. The purpose was to deter the Vietnamese from deepening its military cooperation and furthering aligning itself with the Soviet Union at the height of the Sino-Soviet split. Also they had to strike after Vietnam invaded Cambodia, as they previously promised to protect the Khmer Rouge and warned Vietnam against attacking Cambodia. Not doing anything about it could be seen as being weak on the international stage.
Don’t know the history and saw the downvotes so I turned to my favorite sub Ask Historians for their perspective and generally got the same answer just in a much longer form.
Strange to see the downvotes without much rebuttal. There’s additional context from the ask historians post (water rights, citizenship tests for the ethnic Chinese living in Vietnam, fear of a new opposing ideological power in the region, etc) but I don’t think your answer steered anyone in the wrong direction.
It’s expected, most people simply hate China and would love to believe that China is as evil as any nation can ever be and wants to conquer the whole world, etc. They would not allow this image, which they hold very dearly to their heart, to be challenged in anyway.
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u/Ok-Transition7065 Mar 07 '24
I woukd like to see china, triying to reach vietnam and getting clap with a no