The same lesson is applicable to the Sino-Vietnamese context: In 1979, China replicated the 1962 model by launching a surprise blitzkrieg against Vietnam that Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping admitted was designed to “teach a lesson.” After 29 days, China ended its invasion, claiming that Vietnam had been sufficiently chastised. But the lesson that Deng seems to have drawn from the PLA’s poor performance against Vietnam is that China, like India, needed to modernize every aspect of its society.
虽然中国打算给印度一个“教训”，但中国在1962年的战争并未实现什么长久的政治目标，只是损害了两国的双边关系。这种教训也适用于中越两国：1979年，中国重施故技，突袭越南。中国领导人邓小平承认这一袭击就是要给越南“一个教训”。29天之后，中国结束了它的侵略，宣称越南已经遭到了充分地惩罚。但似乎邓小平从中国人民解放军对越作战的恶劣表现中所得到的教训却是——中国，跟印度一样，需要在其社会的各个方面都实现现代化。