Evaluation of the firefight between the Republic of Vietnam and the Chinese, using it as a blueprint for today.
http://thediplomat.com/2014/01/lessons-from-the-battle-of-the-paracel-islands/
Read up on that a few years ago, when I started creating a more modern (mid-2000s) scenario of the same clash.
Was pretty obvious from reading about the Paracel scuffle, back then, that China was going to militarily push their claims even more in the near future. Now it's doin.
Didn't China invade Vietnam in the late 70's/early 80's? IIRC, the Vietnamese gave them a bloody nose?
Quote from: Boggit on February 17, 2016, 12:37:18 AM
Didn't China invade Vietnam in the late 70's/early 80's? IIRC, the Vietnamese gave them a bloody nose?
Yes, very briefly.
IIRC, the Paracels stuff happened afterward.
Did the Chinese just invade them?
Quote from: Boggit on February 18, 2016, 09:19:55 PM
Did the Chinese just invade them?
Pretty much. Although it sounded very half-assed on China's part, and doomed from the start.