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| Flipzi | Thu May 8, 2014 6:13 pm Post #11 |
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![]() PHOTO: The HD 981 drilling rig of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is seen in this file photo. VIETNAM PROTESTS CHINA'S ILLEGAL OPERATION OF DRILLING RIG IN VIETNAMESE WATERS Updated : 05/05/2014 10:21 GMT + 7 The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement objecting to China’s illegal operation of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s waters in the East Sea, and the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has demanded that the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) move the rig out of the Southeast Asian country’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. >> Vietnam reiterates sovereignty over Truong Sa, Hoang Sa >> Vietnam to construct Hoang Sa exhibit house this year >> Vietnam launches program to honor fallen Hoang Sa-Truong Sa soldiers On May 3, the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration released a maritime warning on its website, saying that China’s drilling rig HD 981 began operating in a location of 15°29’58’’ North latitude and 111°12’06’’ East longitude in the East Sea on May 2 and will continue to operate until August 15, said Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Le Hai Binh. In the warning, the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration also bans all vessels from entering the area where the rig is operating within a radius of one nautical mile. The announced location of the drilling rig is totally within the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam, about 119 nautical miles (221 km) from Ly Son Island off the central Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai and 18 nautical miles south of Tri Ton Island of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, the spokesman said. “Vietnam has full historical evidence and legal grounds to prove its sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos as well as sovereign rights and jurisdiction over its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea,” Binh said. The diplomat stressed that “any activities conducted by foreign countries in Vietnam’s waters without Vietnam’s permission is illegal and void. Vietnam resolutely opposes such activities.” Request for removal of rig PetroVietnam, the national oil group, has also released a statement saying that on May 2, CNOOC put the drilling rig HD 981 into operation about 120 nautical miles from Vietnam’s coast and within the country’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. The fact that CNOOC operates the rig in this location has violated Vietnam’s sovereign and jurisdictional rights according to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, PetroVietnam said. On May 4, PetroVietnam sent a letter to the president and general director of CNOOC that strongly opposed the violation and demanded that CNOOC stop the operation of the drilling rig and move the platform out of Vietnam’s waters. The above action by CNOOC goes against the cooperative spirit between the national oil and gas groups of both countries, the practice of international oil and gas activities, and the friendly and cooperative principles between Vietnam and China, PetroVietnam said in the letter. PetroVietnam requests that CNOOC not repeat similar actions in the future. In talking with Tuoi Tre newspaper on May 4 about the illegal operation of the CNOOC drilling rig, Dang Cong Ngu, chairman of Hoang Sa District, central Da Nang City, said, “This is a perverse and illegal action, as the location of the CNOOC drilling rig is within the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam. As the chairman of Hoang Sa District, I strongly oppose this action.” - TUOITRENEWS http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/19443/vietnam-protests-china-for-illegally-operating-drilling-rig-in-vietnams-waters |
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| Flipzi | Fri May 9, 2014 6:10 pm Post #12 |
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All necessary measures to be taken to protect sovereignty 15h:42' - 7/5/2014 China is requested to withdraw its HD-981 oil rig and escort vessels out of Vietnam’s sovereignty waters and is called on to “negotiate” to iron out differences. At the same time, the Deputy Prime Minister stressed that Vietnam will take all necessary, suitable measures. On May 6, 2014, Deputy Prime Minister-Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh had a telephone conversation with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi concerning HD-981 oil rig and a lot of Chinese vessels operating in the area belonging to 143 oil lot of Vietnam’s continental shelf since May 1. This is an unacceptable act. During the telephone conversation, Deputy Prime Minister-Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh stressed that China’s unilateral bringing of its HD-981 oil rig and a large number of ships, including military ships to operate in this area is illegal, running counter to the international law and practices, seriously violating Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago, its sovereignty right and jurisdiction of Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. This action has made negative impact on the political trust and multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries, hurting the Vietnamese people’s sentiment. Viertnam cannot accept this and vehemently protest against China’s action; request China to withdraw its HD-981 oil rig and all of its escort ships from the area and sit down to together negotiate to iron out the differences around this issue. Deputy Prime Minister-Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh affirmed that Vietnam has got all legal and historical basis to affirm its sovereignty over the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes and its sovereignty right and jurisdiction over the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. He said that Vietnam will take all necessary, suitable measures to protect its legitimate rights and interests. At the same time, Vietnam has always expressed its good-will, persistently settling the differences through negotiations and dialogues and other peaceful means in accordance with the common awareness of the senior leaders of the two countries; Vietnam has agreed to the fundamental principles guiding the settlement of the sea issue in conformity with the stipulations and realities of international law, particularly the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea without letting this issue do harm to the political trust and cooperation between the two sides... Read more at http://en.vietnam.vn/DetailsList/All-Necessary-Measures-To-Be-Taken-To-Protect-Sovereignty.html |
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| Flipzi | Fri May 9, 2014 6:36 pm Post #13 |
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![]() CHINA DESPERATE TO GET MORE OIL TO SUSTAIN ECONOMY China needs to play a more active role in global security issues to maintain its expanding economic ties with other countries, especially with key energy partners, analysts said. They made the remarks against the backdrop of China recently surpassing the United States to become the world’s largest oil importer, driven by the demand to fuel the development of the world’s second-largest economy and largest population. According to the US Energy Information Administration, China surpassed the US in September as the world’s biggest net oil importer, driven by faster economic growth and strong auto sales. The EIA forecasts such a trend will continue through 2014, The Associated Press reported. China’s oil consumption outstripped production by 6.3 million barrels per day, meaning the country has to import that much to fill the gap, according to the EIA. As China is in a rapid urbanization and industrialization process, the demand on oil imports is expected to rise in coming years. China imported 271 million tons of oil in 2012, a 6.8 percent year-on-year increase, despite an economic slowdown, according to the General Administration of Customs. The value of the imports jumped 12.1 percent from 2011 to $220.67 billion last year due to surging prices, the administration said. Analysts predicted that oil imports are likely to reach about 285 million tons in 2013, with more than 60 percent of the country’s oil consumption dependent on imports, and two-thirds of China’s oil will come from overseas markets by 2020, Xinhua reported. Meanwhile, China’s energy security faces external challenges, such as the unstable situation of oil exporters and the uncertainties that have long plagued overseas maritime transportation. According to the General Administration of Customs, the Middle East is China’s biggest oil provider, contributing 49 percent of oil imports from January to October in 2012, and the African continent ranked second, providing about 23 percent in the same period. Zhou Xinyu, a researcher at Beijing Foreign Studies University, said China’s increasing oil importation means greater dependence on other countries, which will “definitely increase its vulnerability”. FULL DETAIL http://www.chinadailyasia.com/news/2013-10/22/content_15093957.html |
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| Flipzi | Mon May 12, 2014 12:22 am Post #14 |
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Vietnam sea spat part of China's larger strategy: experts AFP NewsBy Felicia Sonmez | AFP News – 23 hours ago China sending an oil rig to waters disputed with Vietnam is a move to assert its legal claim and practical hold over contested territory whatever the short-term political and diplomatic costs, analysts say -- but could play into Washington's hands. Beijing's controversial move to dispatch the deep-water rig along with a reported 70 vessels triggered clashes in the South China Sea, just after a visit to the region by US President Barack Obama and ahead of this weekend's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit. It also comes amid heightened tensions between Beijing and Manila, which has asked a United Nations tribunal to rule on China's claims over most of the sea. Beijing -- which prefers to negotiate directly with its smaller, weaker neighbours -- has vehemently rejected arbitration. Experts say that while Beijing has cast the drilling operation by state-owned CNOOC as part of its long-term oil exploration programme, energy resources are probably a secondary consideration. Rather, they note, the move appears to be a fresh effort by China to demonstrate a so-called "incident of sovereignty", part of a broader strategy geared towards showing Beijing has control of disputed territory. "I think that the Chinese government is trying to be assertive with regard to its claims about this or that little island in the South China or East China Seas in order to keep those claims alive," said Barry Sautman, a specialist on Chinese politics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). "Under international law... all states that have territorial disputes must periodically do something to show that they have an active interest in the territory in question," he said. "Whether this is politically beneficial to China is, of course, another matter," he added. Beijing has defended its actions as "completely reasonable, legal and justified", arguing that the intended drilling location is close to the Paracel Islands. China has controlled the archipelago since ousting South Vietnamese forces in 1974 but Hanoi still claims them. - Caught between politics and law - Vietnam says Chinese boats have used water cannon and repeatedly collided with Hanoi's patrol ships since May 3, injuring six people, while Beijing counters that "disruptive" Vietnamese vessels have rammed its ships 171 times, The clash is only one of several maritime spats between China and its Asian neighbours, the most volatile of them with Japan over a small East China Sea island grouping called Diaoyu by Beijing and Senkaku by Tokyo. In that dispute, a key Japanese argument is that until the 1970s, "there was a substantial period in which China didn't show any interest" in the islands, Sautman said, and Beijing will want to avoid allowing that argument elsewhere. "I think China is caught in between the requirements of politics and the requirements of law," Sautman said. The timing of Beijing's move "has spurred speculation that this was a tit-for-tat response" to Obama's trip to US allies Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines last month, when China's territorial claims were a constant theme, noted Carl Thayer, a Vietnam expert and emeritus professor at the Australian Defence Force Academy. But the unilateral step -- similar to Beijing's November declaration of an "air defence identification zone" over much of the East China Sea -- risks bolstering Washington's argument that China is taking "provocative" steps in the region. "If I were an American, I'd say, 'Thank you', because it just makes everybody feel that China's being aggressive," said David Zweig, director of HKUST's Centre on China's Transnational Relations. "It's clear, there's tension in all of this area and it wasn't happening before China was stronger," he added. - 'Unexpected, provocative and even illegal' - Nonetheless Beijing's latest action comes as a surprise because it represents "a marked reversal in the trajectory of bilateral relations" between Communist neighbours China and Vietnam, said Thayer. The two fought a brief border war in 1979, but ties had been at a high point in recent months following Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Hanoi last October and a pledge by both countries to boost two-way trade to $60 billion by 2015. China's drilling announcement came "out of the blue" and was "unexpected, provocative and even illegal", said Thayer. The assertiveness of the move against Vietnam suggests that Beijing's current leadership under President Xi Jinping is "more inclined to adopt a heavy-handed approach" than previous generations, said Li Mingjiang, an expert on East Asian security and an associate professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. But Hanoi's strong reaction could suggest that regional attitudes towards China are hardening, he added -- something that Beijing appears not to have anticipated. "(China) probably didn't calculate that Vietnam would actually send all these ships to try to make China remove the rig," Li said. Hanoi had to avoid sending a signal of tacit acquiescence to Beijing, he added. "Basically, I think Vietnam just cannot afford the consequences of not reacting strongly." https://ph.news.yahoo.com/vietnam-sea-spat-part-chinas-larger-strategy-experts-162210016.html |
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| Flipzi | Mon May 12, 2014 1:49 pm Post #15 |
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![]() VIETNAMESE CIVILIAN'S WAY OF PROTEST the Philippines should do something like this too. We wont allow exports of minerals such as nickel, copper, gold, black sand and iron until China abandons and leaves the Mischief Reef, Scarborough Shoal and Ayungin Shoal. we can do this, mga Kababayan! photo courtesy: Russel Clint Facebook copy: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=403429166464031&set=a.229834423823507.1073741825.172035806270036&type=1&theater |
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| Flipzi | Mon May 12, 2014 11:01 pm Post #16 |
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![]() BBC News "Our patience has limits. We are here to defend our territory at all costs." http://bbc.in/1jwvj0v Hundreds of people across #Vietnam protested against China's role in a sea dispute - the largest rallies of their kind in the communist country. The protests appeared to have the Vietnamese government's approval. ![]() Any big enemies that is modern, powerful, violent or not will fail before the patriotism of the people of Vietnam. Coast Guard ship, check out, fish will open the way. The first time the world will see the strength of people's war at sea. Hoang Sa, The Sa is in Vietnam. Images illustrative only. *// (Translated by Bing) Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=529962197126745&set=a.367566233366343.1073741834.213961285393506&type=1 ![]() Large protests in Vietnam over China oil rig The largest anti-Chinese demonstration in Hanoi after China's announcement in early May that it would move a deep-water drilling rig into disputed waters Agence France-Presse: Updated 1:14 PM, May 11, 2014 HANOI, Vietnam – Protesters staged one of Vietnam's largest ever anti-China demonstrations Sunday, May 11, decrying Beijing's deployment of a deep-water drilling rig in contested waters as territorial tensions soar. Some 1,000 people, from war veterans to students, waved banners saying "China don't steal our oil" and "Silence is cowardly" -- a dig at Hanoi's handling of the dispute -- and sang patriotic songs in a park opposite the Chinese Embassy. "This is the largest anti-Chinese demonstration I have ever seen in Hanoi," said war veteran Dang Quang Thang, 74. "Our patience has limits. We are here to express the will of the Vietnamese people to defend our territory at all costs. We are ready to die to protect our nation," he told Agence France-Presse. Hundreds of plain clothes and uniformed police set up barricades to prevent protesters approaching the Chinese Embassy compound but made no move to break up the rowdy demonstration, even though the communist regime normally tightly controls any public expression of discontent. Dozens of anti-China demonstrations have been held in Vietnam since 2007 to protest Beijing's perceived aggression over territory. The two countries are locked in long-standing territorial disputes over the Paracel and Spratly islands, which both claim, and often trade diplomatic barbs over oil exploration and fishing rights in the contested waters. Tensions between the communist neighbours have risen sharply since China unilaterally announced in early May it would move a deep-water drilling rig into disputed waters -- a move the United States has described as "provocative". Vietnam said China's decision was "illegal", demanded the rig be withdrawn, and dispatched vessels to the area -- which it claims were subsequently attacked and rammed by Chinese ships. Read more at http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/vietnam/57761-large-protests-vietnam-china-oil-rig Shared by: South China Sea News that Matters's Page https://www.facebook.com/628908737193079/photos/a.628925657191387.1073741827.628908737193079/633448213405798/?type=1 |
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| Flipzi | Wed May 14, 2014 12:34 am Post #17 |
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Vietnamese ship hits back at 15 Chinese vessels with water cannon Tuoi Tre Updated : 05/12/2014 14:05 GMT + 7 A Vietnamese ship counter-attacked 15 Chinese vessels on Monday morning with its water cannon after the Chinese watercrafts repeatedly fired their own water cannons at it in Vietnam’s waters in the East Vietnam Sea, two Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper correspondents reported from the scene. The ship was trying to prevent a giant Chinese oil rig from drilling in Vietnamese waters while the Chinese vessels were attempting to block it from approaching the platform, which has been illegitimately planted there since May 1. The drilling rig has been protected by as many as 80 Chinese escort vessels, including warships, and even military planes since that day. It is located at 15°29’58’’ North latitude and 111°12’06’’ East longitude in the East Vietnam Sea, within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, as the drilling platform lies about 119 nautical miles (221 km) from Ly Son Island off the central Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai and 18 nautical miles south of Tri Ton Island of the Southeast Asian country’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago. The counter-attack by the Vietnamese ship was the first during the past days when the Chinese vessels have continually rammed or fired high-power water cannons at their Vietnamese counterparts, causing damage to several ships and injuries to nine Vietnamese fisheries surveillance staff members. The one-hour exchange of water cannons occurred around 7:30 am today in Vietnamese waters when a Vietnamese fisheries surveillance ship was surrounded by 15 Chinese vessels. At that time, the Vietnamese vessel hung a banner with messages written in Chinese, demanding that China remove its oil rig and escort ships from the waters. Along with other fisheries surveillance ships, the vessel was trying to approach the oil rig when the Chinese side deployed 15 maritime surveillance and marine police ships to besiege the Vietnamese watercraft. Many of the Chinese ships intentionally crashed into the Vietnamese vessel and other boats. One Chinese vessel then attacked the ship with its water cannon. Meanwhile, five other Chinese boats got close to the sides of the Vietnamese vessel and also used their water cannons to blast it. They directed their water cannons at the chimney, cabin and antenna system of the Vietnamese vessel. All the crewmembers and reporters on board the Vietnamese vessel were kept safe before it started carrying out a plan to defend itself. The captain of the vessel, Cao Duy, decided to use its water cannon to fight back against the Chinese attackers. Two Vietnamese fisheries surveillance officers stood at the prow of the vessel to operate the water cannon. Five minutes from that moment, the Chinese ships’ formation was broken up and they had to lower the intensity of their attacks on the Vietnamese ship. As the pressure of the water fired from the Chinese water cannons was very high, the crewmembers and reporters aboard would have been injured if the Vietnamese vessel had had its glass windows broken during the attacks. However, the Vietnamese vessel’s captain could manage to ‘survive’ the assaults, ensuring no damage to its glass windows. After an hour of water cannon exchange all the Chinese ships retreated. The Vietnamese ship had a Vinasat antenna system broken and its pieces fallen into the sea while one of the ship’s loudspeakers was badly damaged. However, none of the people on board were wounded in the fight. On behalf of the crew of the vessel, Captain Cao Duy, through Tuoi Tre newspaper, wanted to promise the Vietnamese people in the mainland that they would try their best to safeguard the country's waters. Duy added that the Vietnamese fisheries surveillance force and Coast Guard will make no concession to the Chinese and they will appropriately respond to any violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty. http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/19588/vietnamese-ships-fight-back-chinese-vessels-with-water-cannons |
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Alfred Alexander L. Marasigan Manila, Philippines getflipzi@yahoo.com http://z6.invisionfree.com/flipzi " Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them!" " People don't care what we know until they know we care." | |
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| Flipzi | Wed May 14, 2014 11:13 pm Post #18 |
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![]() https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/10314665_404333849706896_8144923895507131988_n.jpg?oh=7100719593b39ed4a6b1573540bb2846&oe=53FA2D5D Vietnam submits atlas as proof of island ownership Wednesday, May 14, 2014 14:46 Vietnamese authorities on Tuesday introduced a world atlas published in 1827 in Belgium as conclusive evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands. The atlas, drawn by Belgian geographer Philippe Vandermaelen, depicts Vietnam in four maps including the “Partie de la Cochichine”, which clearly includes the Hoang Sa islands. Cochinchine was the name of southern Vietnam region at that time. Vandermaelen (1795-1869) published the six-volume Atlas Universel in Brussels in 1827. The atlas is well-known for its unique design in which every page is drawn at the same scale. Professor Nguyen Quang Ngoc from Hanoi National University, vice chairman of the Vietnam Historical Science Association, discovered the atlas at a vintage bookstore in Belgium. With financial support from Ngo Chi Dung, the director of ECO Pharmaceuticals Company, Ngoc visited libraries in France and Belgium and located five other copies of the atlas. Dung bought the atles, which Ngoc said is the original version, from the Belgian bookstore and gave them to the Ministry of Information and Communications. The “Partie de la Cochichine” map features a very high level of scientific accuracy, according to Professor Ngoc. The Paracels were drawn in detail and the map features an introduction about the geography, politics, minerals and statistics about the Empire of An Nam (the former name of Vietnam). He said the atlas also includes the "Partie de la Chine" map which identifies Hainan Island as China's southernmost point. No known map indicates China's southernmost territory extends beyond the 18th latitude, while the Paracels stretch from the 16th latitude to the 17th latitude. "China has no sovereignty over the Paracels," said Ngoc. "This world atlas in general and the “Partie de la Cochinchine” map in particular should be considered priceless documents and convincing evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Paracels." Source: http://thanhniennews.com/politics/vietnam-submits-atlas-as-proof-of-island-ownership-26288.html Edited by Flipzi, Wed May 14, 2014 11:17 pm.
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| Flipzi | Wed May 14, 2014 11:36 pm Post #19 |
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Anti-China protesters set factories on fire in Vietnam Photos and videos on dissident blogs show thousands of workers destroying factory gates and pouring into compounds and causing widespread destruction of property Agence France-Presse Published 2:22 PM, May 14, 2014 Updated 2:22 PM, May 14, 2014 HANOI, Vietnam – Anti-China protesters set more than a dozen factories on fire in Vietnam, state media said Wednesday, May 14, in an escalating backlash against Beijing's deployment of an oil rig in contested waters. Workers looted goods and attacked offices in a rare outburst of public unrest Tuesday in the authoritarian communist nation, which allowed mass anti-China rallies around Vietnam at the weekend. (READ: Vietnam sea spat part of China's larger strategy: experts) The protesters targeted manufacturing companies that are owned or managed by Chinese as well as Chinese workers in Binh Duong province, the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park said in a statement. There were no reports of casualties. Tens of thousands of workers poured onto the streets Tuesday and a small number of them began looting and attacking security guards and factory management before setting fire to at least 15 factories, the state-run VNExpress website reported. Videos and images posted on dissident blogs showed thousands of workers, many waving the Vietnamese flag, destroying factory gates and pouring into compounds and causing widespread destruction of property. A number of Taiwanese, Japanese and South Korean businesses have shut their plants for the day, giving workers the day off, and have hung Vietnamese flags outside their business in a bid to deter looters, VNExpress added. Hanoi's Ministry of Public Security has deployed rapid-response riot police to the area to reinforce local security staff and prevent further unrest, VNExpress said. "There will be serious punishment for those who abused the situation to instigate unrest," local official Tran Van Nam was quoted as saying. Taiwan condemned the violence and said it had urged Vietnam to guarantee the safety of Taiwanese nationals in the area. "We urge the Vietnamese people to exercise restraint and not to take violent and non-rational actions as this would affect Taiwanese businessmen's willingness to invest," Foreign Minister David Lin said. Vietnamese police and officials contacted by the Agence France-Presse (AFP) repeatedly refused to comment. China and Vietnam are locked in long-standing territorial disputes in the South China Sea over the Paracel and Spratly islands, which both claim. There have been repeated skirmishes near the oil rig in recent days involving vessels from the two countries, with collisions and the use of water cannon. Vietnamese protesters staged multiple, large anti-China demonstrations Sunday with at least 1,000 people gathering in Hanoi and a similar-sized crowd in Ho Chi Minh City. Experts say Vietnam's leadership has allowed some public protests to go ahead as a means of expressing extreme discontent with Beijing. – Rappler.com http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/58023-vietnam-anti-china-protesters-set-factories-fire |
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| Flipzi | Thu May 15, 2014 3:40 pm Post #20 |
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![]() Map locating anti-China riots in Vietnam. AFP / shared by Inquirer China issues Vietnam tourist warning after riots Agence France-Presse 3:14 pm | Thursday, May 15th, 2014 BEIJING — China has issued a warning to tourists planning trips to Vietnam, as state-run media on Thursday blamed Hanoi for encouraging the country’s worst anti-Beijing riots in decades, which saw a Chinese worker killed. Anti-China protesters set more than a dozen factories on fire in Vietnam on Wednesday in response to Beijing’s deployment of an oil rig in waters contested between the two nations. China’s tourism administration said in a notice on its website Wednesday that any Chinese planning to visit Vietnam should “carefully consider” their plans, and called for visitors to “raise their consciousness of danger”. Meanwhile, China’s state-run Global Times newspaper said in an editorial that the riots — which saw at least 15 factories set ablaze — were “the outcome of Hanoi’s years of anti-China propaganda”. “China’s over-tolerance must not test China’s patience beyond the limit,” the paper said, adding that Vietnam should compensate foreign investors. A Chinese worker was killed in a riot at a Taiwanese plant, a local policeman told AFP on Thursday. A commentary carried by China’s official Xinhua news agency said that with “an unconfirmed number of Chinese citizens… reportedly dead or missing, Hanoi faces the urgent task of demonstrating to the outside world that it is serious about protecting the legitimate rights of foreign nationals in the country”. Calling the attacks “senseless,” the commentary said Vietnam must “maintain law and order in those areas hardest-hit by violence”. Police detained 500 people after struggling to cool tensions when the country’s Communist rulers — who usually tightly control dissent — allowed rallies against Beijing at the weekend. China and Vietnam are locked in long-standing territorial disputes in the South China Sea over the Paracel and Spratly islands, which both claim. There have been repeated skirmishes near the controversial oil drilling rig in recent days involving vessels from the two countries, with collisions and the use of water cannon. Beijing claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea, putting it at odds with several of its Asian neighbors. Read more: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/104444/china-issues-vietnam-tourist-warning-after-riots#ixzz31pJiCqK4 Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook |
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