Part One: Basic structure -- The parameters of China's external posture -- Vietnam's basic parameters -- The politics of asymmetry -- Part Two: The relational dynamic -- From the beginnings to Vietnamese independence -- Unequal empires -- The brotherhood of oppression, 1840-1950 -- Lips and teeth: 1949-1975 -- Illusions of victory: 1975-1991 -- From normalization to normalcy -- Change and structure in asymmetry

1. China -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
2. Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- China