Of course the Chinese guy wrote “withdrawn as quickly as the Sino-Vietnamese self-defense counterattack”
When in reality the PRC got its butt handed to it by the Vietnamese and had to withdraw.
Strangely enough that is similar to what is happening in Ukraine
I will respond in more detail regarding minsk tomo7
He was speaking merely of the swiftness of withdrawal re the Sino-Vietnamese border skirmish. His point is Israel v. Gaza/southern Lebanon dynamic.
Not that it has particular bearing on Ukraine, back to the Sino-Vietnamese thing. The Chinese take the long view and it appears they got Cambodia in the end, and so may consider themselves to have won. Have you checked out Cambodia lately? It’s overrun and owned by the Chinese. It’s horrible. I admit I have cried tears over it.
Again, whoever “wins” this ghastly war in Ukraine, the Chinese will be the real winners.