So OK
300,000 Chinese troops and advisors. $160 billion in aid ( in current value) constant movement of troops and supplies across the borders ( we watched this with no interdiction in China) and the Chinese shooting down over 5,000 US aircraft out of over 10K US losses….was a symbol of mutual hatred between China and Vietnam
Got it
You’re mistaking Russian aid for Chinese. True some of it came through China but it was Soviet technology that was used against American aircraft over Hanoi.
China was an ally of the Viet Cong earlier in its fight against French colonialism but by the time America was heavily involved in the war China withdrew it’s support as Russia was seen as more of a threat than American involvement in Vietnam.
Russian military aid began pouring through Hai Phong harbour and that’s rest the US military targeted it to impede soviet cargo ships.
And true China did send some support troops but US forces never encountered nor captured any Chinese nationals in any reported numbers