Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeHondo yeChina neVietnam muna 1979, mutungamiri weChina Deng Xiaoping akaudza United States kuti chirongwa chayo chokurwisa vaVietnam chakanga chiri chokutsiva nokuda kwehondo yeVietnam
kuputswa kwehurumende yeKhmer Rouge yeCambodia, shamwari yeChina. Zvisinei varudzi vechiChinese vakataura kuti "casus belli" chaiyo yakanga iri kubatwa zvisina kunaka kweVietnam kwevanhu vayo vechiChinese, pamwe nekufungira Vietnam kuyedza kusimbisa Cambodia nerutsigiro rweSoviet.