>>8100783>>8100802Vietnam was slaves of France just decades ago and France was defeated and driven out when they tried to invade China at Bang Bo and Taiwan at Tamsui and Keelung.
Entire Chinese shadow kingoms run by the Black Flags and Yellow Flags occupied swaths of northern Vietnamese provinces and crushed Vietnamese government authority. The Black Flags originated from the rebel kingdom of Yanling in Guangxi and conquered almost all of Vietnam's border provinces.
The Qing Green Standard Army also crushed the Tay Son while outnumbered in Lang son and routed them in every single battle while outnumbered by over 160,000 until the ambush when they were celebrating New Year's.
Three out of five of Vietnam's dynasties in the past millennia were of Chinese origin.