 Nyora kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Muna 1976, Mao akafa, uye muna 1978, Boka raVane rakadzingwa naHua Guofeng, uyo akanga ava kuzotanga kuchinja kwezvemari kunotsigira misika. Sezvo PRC yakanga isingachagamuchiri pfungwa inorwisa-yekudzokorora yekupesana kwakapesana pakati pemakirasi, hukama pakati penyika mbiri idzi hwakave hwakajairika. Zvisinei, muna 1979, PRC yakapinda muVietnamiyo yakanga, pashure penguva yokusawirirana, yakatsigira Soviet Union mukupindura kupindirwa kweVietnamese kweCambodia uko kwakaparadza Khmer Rouge yakatsigirwa neChina kubva musimba. 