Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Muna 1978 pakapinda nechisimba muCambodia (izvo zvakagumisa kutonga kwevaChina vaitsigirwa neKhmer Rouge), People's Republic of China yakatanga chirongwa chenguva pfupi chemauto chakarwisa Vietnam, chakatora kubva musi wa17 Kukadzi kusvika musi wa16 Kurume. Mauto echiChina akapinda muVietnam yokuchamhembe ndokutora maguta anoverengeka aiva pedyo nomuganhu. Musi waMarch 6, 1979, China yakazivisa kuti suo rokuHanoi rakanga rakazaruka uye kuti basa rayo rokuranga rakanga raitwa, isati yabvisa mauto ayo muVietnam. Zvose zviri zviviri China neVietnam vakataura kuti vakakunda muhondo; sezvo mauto eVietnam akaramba ari muCambodia kusvikira muna 1989, zvinogona kutaurwa kuti China haina kubudirira muchinangwa chavo chekurambidza Vietnam kubatanidzwa muCambodia.