Chinese Cut off north Vietnamese Supplies in 1969

At the high of the Sino-Soviet split and the border conflict , China decides to cut off north Vietnam from any Chinese supplies and any soviet supplies going through its Territory

Would this lead to a north Vietnamese defeat
 
Longer ear but the us was doomed in that conflict. There might be a peace with honor pause before the north surges down and absorbs the south... But the end result is going to be a unified communist Vietnam, the question is how long it takes. The truth is that s. Vietnam never achieved legitimacy and without that they were doomed.
 

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yes.

but the Chinese were hesitant to do any such thing because:
1) it would be difficult to explain and justify ideologically
2) it would break from the policies of the previous 20 years
3) The Chinese did not want the North Vietnamese to become helpless, just in case America pressed its advantage and then turned sharply against China

Neither Mao nor other ChiCom leaders saw the troubles of 1978-79 coming back in 1969.
 
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