"Most people assumed only big nations bully small ones. But in the case of Vietnam in 1979, it was Vietnam which provoked multiple times (bullied China). That was why China decided to teach it a ...

Overall, while the Sino-Vietnamese border wars might have seemed insignificant, they proved to be an effective testing ground for the PLA’s reforms. Trials by fire in the Laoshan sector allowed the ...

Vietnamese women hold banners that read: “People will never forget Feb. 17, 1979” during a gathering in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb, 17, 2016. More than 100 people gathered in Hanoi to commemorate the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Following the 1979 war, many reforms and reorganizations occurred within the PLA. Old leadership was removed, and a fresh set of new officers was brought in. When the ...

A scientific and objective presentation of the 1979 border war is essential to counter distortions and prevent history from being used as a tool for political provocation. Our soldiers marching to the ...

While Beijing may prefer to forget about China’s Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979, Rachel Lu reports for Tea Leaf Nation that many still remember as “hot debates about conflict still rage on in corners of ...

Vietnamese in the northern province of Lang Son seek refuge after Chinese forces crossed the border entered Vietnam in February 1979. In one of the many war cemeteries in Lang Son, a city in northern ...

FILE PHOTO - China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Gen. Li Zuocheng, center, speaks during a meeting with U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, not shown, at the Bayi Building in Beijing, ...