One analyst claimed that an unfulfilled aim of this war was for one party to form an alliance with the United States against the Soviets.
One instigator of this war signaled his intentions to the American President by stating "children who don't listen have to be spanked." One analyst claimed that an unfulfilled aim of this war was for one party to form an alliance with the United States against the Soviets. Tangible events of this war included the capture or Cao Bang and Lang Son, as well as a propaganda campaign that labeled one side "the Cuba of the East." Following this war, one participant engaged in ostentatious amphibious landing training on Hainan in order to intimidate the other. The main cause of this war was the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation which one side signed with the USSR in 1978, shortly before invading Cambodia. For 10 points, identify this month-long 1979 war, during which the People's Liberation Army was dispatched by Deng Xiaoping across the Southern border.
One instigator of this war signaled his intentions to the American President by stating "children who don't listen have to be spanked.
{China}-{Vietnam} War (or {Sino}-{Vietnamese} War; or {Third Indochina} War; or {Chi?n tranh biên gi?i Vi?t}-{Trung}; or {Chi?n tranh ch?ng bành tr??ng Trung Hoa}; or War Against {Chinese Expansionism}; or {Duì yuè zìwèi f?nj? zhàn}; or {Counterattack} against {Vietnam} in {Self}-{Defense})