Uh huh. Ever heard of foreign based deployment? How hard do you think it would have been for the soviets to base just a few fencers to take out any construction China tries on a scale to stop a whole river?
Do you even know the range and payload of a Tu-95 Bear? Vietnam had no airfields for it?
China strategic planners are much more smarter and cautious than you....and thats a good thing for China.
They know the limits of China, whereas you seem to think there is none.
@Viet @Carlosa what do you guys think of Vietnam options back then if China started damming a river to try make Vietnam beg?
India has no problem since its a run of river hydro dam (our minister has already commented officially on it long time back).
Media sensationalism is another matter....dont pretend it doesn't exist in China too.
I mean what spurred on the people to protest outside KFCs and smash their iphones like that means something