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The People's Republic of China, led by Mao Ze Dong during the Vietnam War, aided the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. Between 1965 and 1971, at least 320,000 Chinese soldiers were deployed in North Vietnam, peaking in 1967. This continued until the Sino- Soviet Split, and when North Vietnam allied with the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China cut off all support to North Vietnam.

Summary
The People’s Republic of China lent support to North Vietnam, hoping to expand Communism further into Asia, as a result of Joseph Stalin encouraging the PRC to help during the French- Vietnamese War for Independence.

Chinese Communism had a large influence on Vietnamese Communist ideologies, and Chinese advice influenced Vietnamese industrialization and reforms. Hoang Van Hoan, the Vietnamese chief diplomat in China, said in 1951 that, “Because of the geographic, historic, economic and cultural connections between Vietnam and China, the Chinese revolution has had tremendous impact upon the Vietnamese revolution. Our revolution shall follow, as we have already seen, the course of the Chinese revolution. By relying on the Chinese revolutionary lessons, and relying on ‘Mao Zedong Thought’, we have further understood the thoughts of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, so that we have won great victories in the last year. This we shall never forget.”

From 1953 to 1963, "China's military aid to Vietnam totalled 320 million yuan. China's arms shipments to Vietnam included 270,000 guns, over 10,000 piece of artillery, 200 million bullets of different types, 2.02 million artillery shells, 15,000 wire transmitters, 5,000 radio transmitters,over 1,000 trucks, 15 planes, 28 naval vessels, and 1.18 million sets of military uniforms."

Chinese involvement escalated with the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964, with the arrival of troops specializing in engineering and construction to help rebuild infrastructure in Vietnam ruined by American bombing runs. Between 1965 and 1971, at least 320000 Chinese soldiers were deployed in North Vietnam, peaking in 1967. This left Chinese troops vulnerable to bombing runs, and around 1000 were killed during this time. The Chinese also supplied the North Vietnamese with a large amount of military equipment.

The Sino- Soviet Split, when the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China experienced a sharp decline in relations, forced the North Vietnamese to side with the Soviets instead of the Chinese, leading the Chinese to withdraw all forces from Vietnam.