Reflections From International and Chinese Media
On March 1, 2005, Howard W. French wrote in The New York Times: Some historians stated that the war was started by Mr. Deng (China's then paramount leader Deng Xiaoping) to keep the army preoccupied while he consolidated power...
The Chinese official name for the war was 对越自卫反击战 (duì yuè zì wèi fǎn jī zhàn), roughly translated as 'self-defense counterattack against Vietnam'.
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