Sino–Soviet border conflict

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Cold War conflict border conflict military conflict

The Sino–Soviet border conflict was a series of armed clashes in 1969 between the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China along their disputed frontier, marking the peak of tensions in the Sino–Soviet split.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sino-Soviet border conflict	2
Battle of Zhenbao Island	1
Sino–Soviet border	1
Sino–Soviet border clashes of 1969	1
Xinjiang border clashes	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War conflict ⓘ border conflict ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sino–Soviet border conflict ⓘ surface form: Sino–Soviet border clashes of 1969
belligerent	People's Liberation Army ⓘ Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
characterizedBy	border skirmishes ⓘ high political tension ⓘ limited conventional warfare ⓘ
conflictBetween	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ
country	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ
date	August 1969 ⓘ March 1969 ⓘ
endTime	1969 ⓘ
followedBy	Sino–Soviet border negotiations of the 1970s ⓘ Sino–Soviet rapprochement in the 1980s ⓘ
hasCause	Sino–Soviet split ⓘ border demarcation disagreements ⓘ ideological tensions between USSR and PRC ⓘ territorial dispute ⓘ
hasPart	Ussuri River clashes ⓘ Sino–Soviet border conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Xinjiang border clashes
impact	influenced US–China rapprochement ⓘ prompted Chinese civil defense preparations ⓘ prompted Soviet nuclear strike contingency planning ⓘ
language	en ⓘ
location	Heilongjiang ⓘ Kazakh SSR ⓘ Sino–Soviet border conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sino–Soviet border Ussuri River ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ Zhenbao Island ⓘ
notableCommander	Lin Biao ⓘ Oleg Losik NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Cold War ⓘ Sino–Soviet split ⓘ
precededBy	Sino–Soviet split ⓘ
result	continued border negotiations ⓘ increased tensions between USSR and PRC ⓘ stalemate ⓘ
significantEvent	Sino–Soviet border conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Zhenbao Island clashes in Xinjiang ⓘ clashes on the Ussuri River ⓘ
startTime	1969 ⓘ
usedWeapon	artillery ⓘ rocket artillery ⓘ small arms ⓘ tanks ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino–Soviet border conflict → alsoKnownAs → Sino–Soviet border conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sino–Soviet border clashes of 1969

Soviet Ground Forces → conflict → Sino–Soviet border conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sino-Soviet border conflict

People's Liberation Army → engagedIn → Sino–Soviet border conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sino-Soviet border conflict

Sino–Soviet border conflict → hasPart → Sino–Soviet border conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xinjiang border clashes

Sino–Soviet border conflict → location → Sino–Soviet border conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sino–Soviet border

Soviet military officers → notableConflictParticipation → Sino–Soviet border conflict ⓘ

Sino–Soviet border conflict → significantEvent → Sino–Soviet border conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Zhenbao Island