Chinese occupation of northern Vietnam, 1945–1946
Series of conflicts between Nationalist China and Viet Minh
Chinese occupation of northern Vietnam, 1945–1946
The Chinese occupation of northern Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hoa quân nhập Việt, Chinese: 華軍入越) followed the Allied decision to have Chinese Nationalist forces oversee the Japanese surrender in Indochina north of the 16th parallel after World War II, including North Vietnam. The Viet Minh front, which led the newly proclaimed Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), was seeking to gain legitimacy and assert control over the country. The communist-led Viet Minh feared that the Chinese Kuomintang forces would eliminate the communists and their leader Ho Chi Minh (Vietnamese: diệt cộng cầm Hồ). The Chinese forces (Republic of China), however, also aimed to maintain order in North Vietnam during their occupation, particularly in light of reports of violence erupting in the South during Operation Masterdom. On September 22, Chinese General Lu Han assured Ho that they would not disband the DRV government in Hanoi. Although Chinese occupation authorities tolerated the DRV government, they nevertheless...
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