Chenpao

Now that the Soviet government has created the incident of armed encroachment on the Chinese territory Chenpao Island, the Sino-Soviet boundary question has caught the attention of the whole world.

1970, Martin Ebon, Lin Piao: The Life and Writings of China's New Ruler, New York: Stein and Day, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 343–344

Perhaps the Russian hope of finding sympathy for the role of the Soviet army in the conflict around Chenpao was illusory, but they were also intending to divert attention from the occupation of Czechoslovakia. Anyway, in spite of the many reports and pictures published by the Soviets, the Chenpao incident has not proved Chinese military aggression.

1972, D. W. Fokkema, “Balance Sheet of the Cultural Revolution”, in Report from Peking: Observations of a Western Diplomat on the Cultural Revolution, Montreal: McGill–Queen's University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 167

I find it inconceivable that the Chenpao incident of March 1969 was either a prelude to a possible Soviet invasion of China in the manner of Czechoslovakia, or an example of China’s revanchist wish to take back territory occupied by the Tsars.

1977, Bill Brugger, Contemporary China, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 347