[Leaning Right]

We may see round two if China continues its expansion in the South China Sea.

[Celtic Conservative]

If China goes anywhere, it will be to deal with fatboy over in N. Korea first.

CC

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

China’s point of view: Kill them to “three generations”. Go and find what this means. The Chinese don’t play around once you make them mad.

[a fool in paradise]

I remember Jane Fonda’s protests of China’s actions. < /fakememories >

[ThanhPhero]

I suspect Viet Nam is suggesting to China that under certain circumstances China could feed a lot of men and equipment into another useless action. Viet Nam cannot “win” a serious war against China but the antipathy to the Chinese runs deep in the population and in their history. Viet Nam maintains a much larger military than would seem to be justified by its size and wealth. China is the reason. The US is happy for Viet Nam to have a big military for the same reason.

[Mr Radical]

Yes, I’m surprised they didn’t use Obama’s time in office to flex their muscles more.
If there’s one topic that’s still “strictly taboo”, that is Chinese intervention in Vietnam in the early 1950s.