China-Vietnam Border War, 30 Years Later
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Walking Dead
Chinese militiamen mustered from Jiangxi county in China's Guangxi province
line up in teams of stretcher bearers bound to support the ground campaign
across the 1,400 km border between China and Vietnam. It's estimated that as
many as 4,000 Chinese soldiers died in the first two days of combat alone.
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