Well yesterday China and Vietnam celebrate the 20th anniversary of land demarcation between 2 countries Western MSM like to paint China as aggressive Hitler wannabe hell bent on conquering "Lebensraum". But China has sign land border with all of her neighbor save for India and Bhutan.
They also like to drive a wedge between vietnam and China but alot of people in Vietnam government luckily still know the history of their country and try to keep an even keel relation with China
China did contribute a lot to the Vietnam struggle for independence from French and latter against US But certain clique in Vietnam gov try to minimize this effort specially this guy Le Duc To. Here is the story of China contribution in Vietnam war
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But there is thick web of human relation between Chinese and Vietnamese starting long time ago. In fact southern Chinese DNA derive from this lady Xian of Lingnan(old name of Guangdong) , also known as Duchess of the Qiao State(冼夫人) . She is still remember today in the form of offering to her temple. She is also revered in Vietnam as she is of Li ethnicity. There are many temple to worship her in Malaysia and Singapore too
Lady Xian was greatly honored for her great distribution by many emperors or the masses. So people built temples around the country to commemorate her. By the end of 1940s, there were already several hundred temples in China, especially in Lingnan. They were also built in
and
. The first temple was built in the end of the Sui dynasty. The largest and most important
is in
, which was visited by former Chinese President
in 2000. In 2002, the temple was listed as a key culture protection site by the Guangdong Provincial Government. Every year on the 24th day of the 11th lunar month, people in Gaozhou will come to the temple to worship Lady Xian
During Vietnam war 10 of thousand of Vietnamese student were sent to study in live in QuangXi China to avoid the war Today they are old men of 60 and 7's but they still cherish the memory.
In the 1960s, a school was set up in Guangxi, China, offering teachers and students from across the border in war-torn Vietnam a safe haven in which to pursue their studies. Over the course of its brief history, the school not only enhanced the life-chances and careers of thousands of Vietnamese, but laid the foundations for a friendship between the two countries that has lasted for more than half a century.
China and Vietnam mark 20th anniversary of land border treaty