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late summer of 1989, after the bloody crackdown Tiananmen Square the chinese leadership is very unpopular and to shift attention from problems at home and whip up nationalist sentiment the party decides to renew the border disputes with USSR.
With soviet attention shifted towards events in Europe and the Warsaw pact in decline towards of Gorbachev era, the chinese leadership they have a golden opportunity to make gains in the soviet far east
Their goals broadly
1-isolate and destroy the soviet pacific fleet

2-Destroy the trans siberian railways

3-Occupy Mongolia

4-Make a push towards vladivostock

lets assume NATO/US pressure prevents this war from going nuclear

What is the likely outcome ? What chances do soviets have ?
lets focus on the military aspects alone , keep the political ramifications out as much as possible


thanks

ps sorry should read sino-soviet war 1989
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