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ID134845
Title ProperBreak with Beijing
Other Title InformationHanoi considers its options
LanguageENG
AuthorKnight, Charles ;  Nguyen, Hai Hong
Summary / Abstract (Note)In the 1950s, when the communists came to power in both Vietnam and China, they warmly called each other “brothers,” affirming significant similarities of culture as well as ideological kinship. Over the years, however, attempts by Vietnam’s elder and stronger brother, China, to exert its authority have not always been accepted by its headstrong sibling. This filial defiance is rooted in a thousand years of Vietnamese resistance to attempts by Chinese feudal dynasties and their successor regimes to dominate it. Memories of that history and especially of the bloody nose the Vietnamese gave the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in 1979, when it invaded to “teach Vietnam a lesson,” are central to understanding the relationship between the two countries today.
`In' analytical NoteWorld Affairs US Vol.177, No.4; Nov-Dec.2014: p.61-70
Journal SourceWorld Affairs US 2014-12 177, 4
Standard NumberGeopolitics