https://taiwanstrait.com/tags/south-china-sea/ Recent content in South China Sea on Taiwan Strait Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/vietnams-angle-the-south-china-sea-dispute-and-its-connection-to-taiwans-security/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/vietnams-angle-the-south-china-sea-dispute-and-its-connection-to-taiwans-security/ <p>Vietnam fought China in 1979. The two-month border war, triggered by Vietnam&rsquo;s invasion of Cambodia to remove the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge government, cost tens of thousands of lives on both sides and ended without a clear military result. Vietnam held its positions. China withdrew. The war left a deep imprint on Vietnamese strategic culture: the understanding that China is a permanent neighbor with permanent interests in Vietnamese subordination, and that resistance — rather than accommodation — is the posture that Vietnamese sovereignty requires.</p>