Border trouble

With a long history of border disputes, there is still tension. While Vietnam is covered in the book, there is one that could have been part of it. A fellow teacher in Shanghai once went to Vladivostok, the nearest Russian city to China. During the Sino-Soviet split, there were a few shootouts. This teacher is bilingual, so was able to learn popular opinion. A group of Russians pointed towards the border and firmly stated, “we are no longer scared of them, but we will never trust them!”