In those days, one faction was arguing for resuming relations with China, also a totalitarian communist country, but which had had a border conflict with Vietnam in 1979, while another faction advocated for attracting foreign investment and forging ties with the capitalist West.
當時一派主張與同屬共黨專政，卻在 1979 年兵戎相向的中國恢復關係，另一派則主張引進外資，和西方資本主義接軌。