What is the Sino-Vietnamese War in the eyes of foreigners?

1February 22, 979, China Xinhua News Agency summarized the attitudes of various countries towards China's attack on Vietnam:

Condemn China, support Vietnam and demand China to withdraw its troops and cease fire: Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania, Mongolia, Afghanistan,? Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique and the People's Republic of Cambodia (the pro-Vietnamese Hunsarin regime in Cambodia), including the Soviet Union and most of its satellite countries.

Expressing regret for China and asking China to withdraw its troops: Laos, India.

Military operations against China and Viet Nam: Sweden, Canada and New Zealand.

China is required to withdraw its troops from Vietnam, and Vietnam is required to withdraw its troops from Cambodia: Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Iraq, northern Yemen, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Yugoslavia, Romania, the United States and Australia.

I feel sorry for China and Vietnam, and hope that Vietnam and Cambodia can control their own destiny: West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain and Greece.

Call for negotiation: Bangladesh, Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Madagascar.

Public statement: Portugal.

Support China and condemn Vietnam: Democratic Kampuchea and North Korea.

Introduction:

The counterattack in self-defense against Vietnam (China officially called it the counterattack in self-defense against China-Vietnam border or the counterattack in self-defense against Vietnam, and people used to call it the counterattack in self-defense against Vietnam, and Vietnam called it the northern border war or 1979 Vietnam-China border war, which was regarded as a part of the third Indo-zhina war internationally) refers to the period from 1979 to February 65438. With the support of the Soviet Union, Viet Nam took hostile actions against China. China took countermeasures, occupied more than 20 important cities, counties and towns in northern Vietnam in a short time, declared victory, and withdrew from Vietnam within one month. After China's withdrawal, Vietnam declared that it had won the war. This war has further deteriorated Sino-Vietnamese relations to the lowest point. After 1980s, the two countries continued to confront each other, and border conflicts broke out in Luojiaping Mountain, Fakashan Mountain, Koulinshan Mountain, Laoshan Mountain and Yinzheshan Mountain, which lasted for ten years. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, relations between the two countries gradually returned to normal, and the land boundary was finally demarcated.

Through the ten-year border war, China has dealt a blow to Vietnam's inflated self-confidence since the victory of Vietnam War, maintained the stability of China's southwest frontier, promoted the peace situation in Southeast Asia, and opened the way for the final settlement of the Cambodian issue. For Vietnam, the impact of the war is lasting, the national strength has been consumed and destroyed for a long time, and finally it has to change its course. During the period of 1979, during the retreat to China, the China army recovered a large amount of materials that had previously assisted Vietnam, and destroyed military and political facilities, roads, railways and mines in northern Vietnam along the way.

Post-war impact:

The impact of the war is lasting, especially for Vietnam. In the process of retreating back to China, China People's Liberation Army recovered the materials that had helped Vietnam before, which caused serious damage to villages, roads and railways in Vietnam.

Border conflicts continued throughout the 1980s, including the Battle of Laoshan and the Battle of Two Mountains in 1984. 1999, after years of negotiations, China and Viet Nam signed a border treaty, but the specific demarcation line remains confidential. The treaty included minor border adjustments and the return of some land to China. Vietnamese official media reported that the new border was actually implemented around August 200 1 year.

After the Sino-Vietnamese War, Vietnam did not converge, and the Sino-Vietnamese border friction remained frequent, which opened the Sino-Vietnamese border war in the next decade. 1988, the Chinese and Vietnamese navies also broke out in the Nansha Islands, and the Vietnamese navy recovered six islands and reefs in Nansha.

Because of poor Sino-Vietnamese relations, Chinese in Vietnam continue to be discriminated against by the Vietnamese authorities and forced to emigrate. Many of them were forced to flee as boat people and eventually moved to Australia, Europe or other Asian communities in North China, and some China people returned to settle down.

The impact of the war continues, especially in Vietnam. Today, Vietnam still maintains a relatively large military scale in the world, partly because of its concern for China. Today, Viet Nam still regards China as the biggest threat. In the war of 1979, the two sides did not solve the actual border problem because of this war, but further expanded the conflict. Since then, the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia has officially begun to withdraw from the historical stage, while Laos has long been closely related to Vietnam.

This war was the last large-scale foreign war of the Indian People's Liberation Army after the Sino-Indian War of 1962. Through this war, the Indian military leadership found that the strength of the People's Liberation Army of China has been separated from that of that year. Since then, China's army has gradually moved towards modernization, and gradually got rid of the army-building line in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.