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Three decades after the Sino-Vietnamese War

Phoenix Weekly April 5, 2009 The thirtieth anniversary of the start of the Sino-Vietnamese war was observed this past February 17. The current issue of Phoenix Weekly includes an extensive cover feature of what it calls "The Forgotten War: 1979 ... ...full story at Danwei

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