China invades Vietnam on February 17, 1979, starting the month-long Sino-Vietnamese War. It was triggered in part, by Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia in 1978 and toppling the Chinese-aligned Khmer Rouge regime. The Chinese forces withdrew on March 16.
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