The prophecy of the Vietnam War was ignored, why did Lee Kuan Yew believe it?
In 1979, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations. In January, ** visited the United States, hoping to create a stable environment for China's reform and opening up by improving Sino-US relations. He recognized that Vietnam's disputes and chaos along China's borders and in Southeast Asia posed a threat to a stable environment.
** Make it clear that behind Vietnam's actions was strong support from the Soviet Union, which sought global hegemony. However, China resolutely opposes hegemonism and is willing to pay the price, fulfill its international obligations, and contribute to world peace if necessary.
While the United States** does not take seriously China's idea of a possible use of force to counter Vietnam, and many Western scholars and international politicians share the same view, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has a different view.
He said that when discussing with international friends the remarks and attitudes of the United States on the Vietnam issue, international friends believed that the remarks were just to scare Vietnam, but Lee Kuan Yew did not think so.
He thinks that *** is a cautious person and will not easily say empty words. As a result, Lee Kuan Yew expressed confidence that China would retaliate with force to punish Vietnam.
On February 5, the Xinhua News Agency editorial made it clear that China would retaliate against Vietnam's previous provocations and intrusions. Twelve days later, 200,000 PLA troops were deployed on the Sino-Vietnamese border, and the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam officially began.
In fact, this counterattack against Vietnam has long been foreshadowed. In 1978, during a visit to Thailand, Singapore and other countries, he explained to other countries that Vietnam followed the Soviet Union in pursuing hegemonism and reminded other countries to be vigilant.
During his meeting with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, he carefully analyzed the situation at that time. Lee Kuan Yew realized that the newly incumbent Vietnamese ruler Le Duan was pursuing hegemony and planned to establish an "Indochina Union" among Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, with Vietnam as the center, and demanding that Laos and Cambodia serve Vietnam's political and other developments.
As a result, Vietnam's actions against Laos and Cambodia have not stopped.
During Vietnam's independence and liberation wars, China provided a large amount of aid, including food, materials, strategic equipment and technical personnel, to support Vietnam's independence cause.
However, because China did not agree with Vietnam's plan for a political alliance, Vietnam began to become dissatisfied with China, forgetting about China's assistance and instead engaging with the Soviet Union, which at that time had differences with China.
With the support of the Soviet Union, Vietnam became more and more arrogant, not realizing that it was being used by the Soviet Union. ** It was foreseen that Vietnam might attack Cambodia in order to build an alliance.
If Vietnam succeeds in taking control of Indochina, the entire Asian region will be at risk, and Indochina will become a base for Soviet expansion into the Indian Ocean. This ** was confirmed by Lee Kuan Yew and was in line with the style of Vietnam and the Soviet Union.
** Had an in-depth conversation with Lee Kuan Yew about Vietnam's aggressive attitude towards Cambodia. ** Firmly stated that China will take measures in response to Vietnam's actions, and if Vietnam attacks Cambodia further, China will make Vietnam pay the price it deserves.
In addition, he made it clear that neither the Soviet Union behind Vietnam would have succeeded in supporting such actions and intentions. ** This remark made Lee Kuan Yew deeply feel that China has thought it through and made a prudent decision, which should not be underestimated.
Soon after, the **of** was verified. Sure enough, Vietnam attacked Cambodia and propped up a puppet**. Prior to this, Vietnam and the Soviet Union had signed a friendship treaty, which meant that Vietnam's armed actions could be supported by the Soviet Union.
However, China still took resolute measures and issued a warning to Vietnam.
Vietnam, believing that it had a strong backer behind it, began to create a conflict on the Vietnamese-Thai border. Seeing that the Indochina Peninsula might fall into Soviet control and that the Soviet Union's advance into the Indian Ocean seemed likely, China launched a counterattack against Vietnam on February 17, 1979.
Prior to this, Vietnam harassed Laos and Cambodia on the Southeast Asian border, and at the same time caused many killings in Yunnan and Guangxi on the Sino-Vietnamese border, which seriously affected the production and life of local residents.
In addition, Vietnam has also vigorously staged an anti-China campaign, expelling nearly 160,000 overseas Chinese in just three months. In response, China tried to negotiate with Vietnam on the expulsion of overseas Chinese, but Vietnam was hostile to China at the time, ignoring China's reasonable requests and repeated warnings.
Under these circumstances, Vietnam not only did not stop its provocative behavior on the Sino-Vietnamese border, but became even more frantically trying to fight for sovereignty over the Spratly Islands.
When it could not bear it anymore, China decided to rise up to defend its national sovereignty. In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) returned home victoriously in less than 30 days only with the ferocious momentum and fighting style of the People's Liberation Army.
At that time, the People's Liberation Army did not have the slightest fear in the face of the well-equipped and superior Vietnamese army, but moved forward bravely. Under the command of the fierce general, he successfully repelled the Vietnamese army that invaded our territory, and also captured a number of cities before and after the border of Vietnam, giving a heavy lesson to the disobedient Vietnam.
China's lessons not only brought peace to the people on China's borders, but also prevented the Soviet Union from continuing to expand in the world, and contributed to peace, stability, and development in eastern Asia, as well as in the whole of Asia and the world.
It can be said that the First World War in Vietnam brought decades-long stability to southern China and prevented the global process of hegemonism.
**'s decision-making undoubtedly reflects his agility and prudence, as Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew commented. It is precisely because of his wisdom and resoluteness that we have been able to usher in the spring breeze of reform and opening up in a stable environment.
His decision is undoubtedly one of the key factors driving the development of our country.