Original sentence: China accused Vietnam of conducting cross-border raids against Chinese positions in the Luojiaping area, Maguan County, Yunnan Province on 30 September and 1 October, killing at least 5 Chinese.In contrast, the Chinese reported to have inflicted approximately 2,000 casualties on Vietnamese forces, while losing 939 soldiers and 64 laborers killed during the five-week offensive campaign in Laoshan.Recent Vietnamese announcement acknowledged 4,000 killed and 9,000 wounded in the area between 1984 and 1989.The Chinese then replied by an assault against Vietnamese positions in the same area on 15 October, in which they claimed to have killed 42 Vietnamese troops
Edited sentence: China accused Vietnam of conducting cross-border raids against Chinese positions in the Luojiaping area, Maguan County, Yunnan Province on 30 September and 1 October, killing 5 Chinese.In contrast, the Chinese reportedly inflicted some 2,000 casualties on Vietnamese forces, while losing 939 soldiers and 64 laborers killed during the five-week offensive campaign in Laoshan.Recent Vietnamese announcements admitted 4,000 killed and 9,000 wounded in the area between 1984 and 1989.The Chinese then responded with an assault against Vietnamese positions in the same area on 15 October, in which they claimed to have killed 42 Vietnamese troops