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发帖数: 27535 | 1 HANOI, Vietnam – Hundreds of Vietnamese staged an anti-China protest Sunday
for the second week in a row, a day ahead of the country's planned live
ammunition naval drill amid a heated spat over territory in the South China
Sea.
Waving Vietnamese flags and signs reading "Stop Violating Vietnam's
Territory," a couple hundred demonstrators moved from the Chinese Embassy
through the capital's streets surrounded by dozens of police and security
forces. Hundreds more also protested in southern Ho Chi Minh City.
Protests are rare in Communist-run Vietnam and are typically quashed quickly
by police.
Hanoi has responded feverishly following two incidents in the past month in
which it accuses Chinese boats of halting Vietnamese hired vessels from
conducting oil and gas exploration in waters off its central coast.
Vietnam says the incidents occurred within 200 nautical miles of its shores,
within the economic exclusion area guaranteed by international law. It
accuses Chinese boats of cutting cables used to conduct seismic surveys on
vessels hired by state-run PetroVietnam.
But China responded harshly last week saying the latest clash occurred near
the disputed Spratly islands, claimed by both countries along with several
other Asian nations. It says the Vietnamese hired boat endangered Chinese
fishermen's lives.
Vietnam's military exercise is expected to total nine hours Monday off the
country's central coast. Boats have been warned to stay out of the area
during the drill, which appears to be an apparent response to the flare-up.
It was the first time Vietnam has issued such an alert about maritime
exercises.
A newspaper published by China's ruling Communist Party ran an editorial
Saturday warning Vietnam not provoke its much larger northern neighbor.
"If Vietnam insists on making trouble, thinking that the more trouble it
makes, the more benefits it gains, then we truly wish to remind those in
Vietnam who determine policy to please read your history," the editorial
concluded. China once ruled over Vietnam for 1,000 years.
Vietnam and China have a long history of maritime scraps in disputed parts
of the South China Sea near the Spratly and Paracel islands, which are
teeming with fish and believed rich in oil and gas reserves.
The United States, which has said the South China Sea is in its national
interest because of key international shipping lanes, has encouraged a
diplomatic process to keep regional tensions from flaring. | m**********n
发帖数: 27535 | 2 Server Error 20 minutes ago Report Abuse
Who are the idiots commenting here....hired pawns of the Chinese government?
I guess Vietnam should take a look at how the Chinese have "treated" Tibet.
...they will invade you to "save" you. It is clear that China's new policy
is to try and bully all the other Asian countries. Obama are you paying
attention!
A Yahoo! User 10 minutes ago Report Abuse
Do the Chinese really need more land? They have the largest land area out of
all the Asian countries. The Chinese Communist Party looks really greedy,
when it tries to encroach on Japan, Vietnam, and Taiwan. China might soon
become the next imperialistic country when it realizes it needs to expand to
facilitate growth. China might just claim Singapore next since they speak
Mandarin, or even consider US Chinatown as a Chinese foreign colony. | c**i
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