Showing posts with label China-Vietnam conflict. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China-Vietnam conflict. Show all posts

Sunday, August 05, 2012

Vietnam breaks up anti-China protests

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Hanoi, Vietnam, last month following China's oil and gas moves in the South China Sea. Source: AP

August 05, 2012
AFP

VIETNAMESE police have detained at least 20 people in a protest in Hanoi against Beijing's territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea.

Demonstrators were forced into waiting buses and taken to a rehabilitation centre usually used to detain sex workers and drug users, after attempting to gather in defiance of a heavy police presence, one detainee told AFP.

"There are at least 25 people here and there are arrestees elsewhere," the person -- who requested anonymity for security reasons -- said by telephone from the Loc Ha detention centre.

Another eyewitness estimated that 20 people had been detained.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Anti-China

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

Vietnam activists hold another anti-China rally

Protesters are seen shouting anti-China slogans and holding placards as they attend a rally in central Hanoi, on July 22, the third anti-China rally in the Vietnamese capital this month amid heightened territorial tensions over the South China Sea

AFP – 07/22/2012

About 200 protesters brought parts of central Hanoi to a brief halt on Sunday in the third rally this month against Beijing's perceived territorial assertiveness in the South China Sea.

Demonstrators shouting "Down with China's aggression!" brought traffic around Hoan Kiem Lake in the centre of the Vietnamese capital to a standstill as they marched towards the Chinese embassy.

They were prevented from getting close to the mission building by security forces -- who broke up similar rallies last year -- but no arrests were made, according to witnesses.

The protests come at a time of rising regional tensions over the South China Sea, which is believed to contain vast oil and gas deposits and is the subject of a web of competing claims between Beijing and its neighbours.

Monday, July 09, 2012

Vietnam! Hands Off Cambodia first!!!

A protester holds an anti-China placard as she marches during a demonstration along a street in Hanoi July 8, 2012. Some hundred Vietnamese demonstrated in Hanoi on Sunday against China's moves to strengthen its claim on disputed islands in the South China Sea and its invitation to oil firms to bid for blocks in offshore areas that Vietnam claims as its territory. Hanoi has also denounced a move by China to change the administrative status of Sansha City as a way of enforcing its claims to several largely uninhabited islands, including the Paracels and Spratlys. REUTERS/Stringer
Vietnamese protesters hold up posters while shouting anti-China slogans in front of the Chinese embassy in Hanoi. Hundreds of people staged the anti-China protest, the second one in a week, after the China National Offshore Oil Corporation announced last month that nine offshore blocks were available for exploration, and said it was seeking bids from foreign companies


07/08/2012
AFP


More than 200 protesters took to Hanoi's streets on Sunday in the second anti-China rally in the Vietnamese capital this month amid heightened territorial tensions over the South China Sea.

Demonstrators said they were stopped by security forces about 100 metres (330 feet) away from the Chinese embassy in the city, but no arrests were made in the latest public expression of discontent over Beijing's perceived aggression in the sea.

The crowd waved banners and chanted "Paracel -- Vietnam! Spratlys -- Vietnam!" during the peaceful rally, in reference to two potentially oil-rich island chains claimed by both Beijing and Hanoi.

Monday, July 02, 2012

China sends patrol ships to disputed waters: Xinhua

Thitu Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea located off the coast of western Philippines. China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims

07/01/2012
AFP

China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims.

The ships, described by the Xinhua news agency as surveillance vessels, reached what China calls the Huayang reef in the Spratly islands on Sunday.

China last month summoned Vietnam's ambassador in Beijing and protested a law adopted by the Vietnamese parliament that places the disputed Spratly islands under Hanoi's sovereignty.

Vietnam says China offshore oil auction 'illegal'

Anti-China protesters march during a protest along a street in Hanoi July 1, 2012. Hundreds of Vietnamese demonstrated in Hanoi on Sunday against China's moves to strengthen its claim to disputed islands in the South China Sea and its invitation to oil firms to bid for blocks in offshore areas that Vietnam claims as its territory. REUTERS/Nguyen Lan Thang
Wed, Jun 27, 2012
AFP

Vietnam has denounced China's opening of offshore oil blocks to foreign companies in contested areas of the South China Sea as "illegal", as territorial tensions grow between the communist neighbours.

On Saturday, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation announced that nine offshore blocks were available for exploration, and said it was seeking bids from foreign companies.

Vietnam's foreign ministry said in a statement late Tuesday that the blocks "lie entirely within Vietnam's 200-mile exclusive economic zone."

Territory row sparks anti-China rallies in Vietnam

Protesters shout anti-China slogans as they march toward the Chinese embassy in Hanoi. About a hundred people took to Hanoi's streets on Sunday to protest against Beijing's perceived aggression in the South China Sea, as territorial tensions grow between the communist neighbours

07/01/2012
AFP

About a hundred people took to Hanoi's streets on Sunday to protest against Beijing's perceived aggression in the South China Sea, as territorial tensions grow between the communist neighbours.

Demonstrators outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi waved Vietnamese flags and shouted "Down with China!", watched closely by security forces who have launched crackdowns on a string of anti-China rallies in the last year.

No arrests were made, according to protesters in the capital, but activists at another protest in southern Ho Chi Minh City were prevented from approaching the Chinese consulate, a witness said.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Vietnam Protests China's Oil Auction in Disputed South China Sea

Thursday, 28 June 2012
VOA News

Vietnam is protesting China's decision to post bids on offshore oil blocks in the disputed South China Sea.

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation on Saturday announced that nine oil and gas lots were open for exploration.

Vietnam's foreign ministry said in a statement the blocks lie entirely within Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. It said Beijing's announcement violates Vietnam's sovereign rights, jurisdiction and national interests.

Friday, June 22, 2012

China strongly protests Vietnam claim to islands [-China is only a Paper Tiger?]

An aerial photo shows Thitu Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea in 2011. China said it summoned Vietnam's ambassador Thursday and strongly protested a law adopted by the Vietnamese parliament that places the disputed Spratly and Paracel islands under Hanoi's sovereignty

06/21/2012
AFP

China said it summoned Vietnam's ambassador Thursday and strongly protested a law adopted by the Vietnamese parliament that places the disputed Spratly and Paracel islands under Hanoi's sovereignty.

China and Vietnam, as well as other neighbouring nations, are locked in long-standing territorial disputes over the South China Sea, including the mineral-rich Spratly and Paracel islands.

"The... actions by the Vietnamese side are illegal and invalid. China expresses its strong protest and firm opposition," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters.

"The Vietnamese unilateral actions ... complicate and magnify the issue. China will resolutely safeguard territorial sovereignty."

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Vietnam monks set sail for disputed Spratlys

13 April 2012
AFP

HANOI — Five Buddhist monks from Vietnam have set sail for the disputed Spratly islands where they will spend six months setting up pagodas in the archipelago, also claimed by China, a senior monk said Friday.

The monks will re-establish three temples which were abandoned by Vietnam in 1975 but have been recently renovated as part of the communist country's drive to assert its territorial claims over the potentially oil-rich islands.

"We plan to stay on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands for six months," Thich Giac Nghia told AFP by phone on board a boat sailing towards the islands in the Spratly chain which are held by Vietnam.

The team will stay on one of the larger islands which is under Vietnamese military control. One more monk will join the team at a later date, he added.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

China Claims 90% of Spratly Islands, Actually Controls 13% [-India flexing muscle at China?]

India Defense Minister A.K. Antony launches the INS Chakra

India launches first nuclear sub as tensions grumble on over Spratly Islands

Monday, April 9, 2012
By 2point6billion.com

Apr. 9 – China suffered a blow at the recent ASEAN meetings in Phnom Penh, losing a motion not to have South China Sea disputes discussed during the summit. China is not a member of ASEAN, but has been granted observer status and the request to interfere with the ASEAN agenda did not seem to sit well with the 10 countries that make up the Southeast Asian bloc. In particular, four ASEAN countries – Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines – are directly engaged in disagreements with China over ownership of the Spratly Islands.

China has long held a view that the South China Sea is Chinese, and that disputes should only be settled with Beijing directly on a bilateral basis. ASEAN, however, provides a multilateral forum and a bloc that allows disputes to be discussed collectively. Much of the debate focuses on the Vietnamese government’s decision to allow a joint venture between an Indian oil drilling company in blocks controlled by Vietnam. China has criticized the move, suggesting that significant “economic and political risks” await both Vietnam and India should exploration commence.

Friday, March 30, 2012

China and Vietnam in row over detention of fishermen

Last year saw weeks of anti-China protests in Vietnam over the islands
China and Vietnam have engaged in a fresh diplomatic row over the detention of 21 Vietnamese fishermen on an island in the South China Sea.

22 March 2012
BBC News

China said the fishermen's activities infringed its sovereignty over the Paracel islands, some of which it has occupied since 1974.

Vietnam insisted the fishermen were detained in Vietnamese waters on 3 March and should be released.

Both countries have overlapping claims on islands in the area.

Tensions between China and Vietnam have risen recently over their rival claims on the Paracels, a chain of small islands and reefs.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Vietnam and the US: The Odd Couple

The US won't need this stuff back

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Written by David Brown
Asia Sentinel
The Vietnamese regime’s posture on human rights will remain a weighty burden on the US-Vietnam relationship. There’s a new generation of politically savvy Vietnamese-Americans who not only care about such things but can swing quite a few votes. Particularly in this American election year, Hanoi’s repression of domestic dissidents can lob a spanner into the bilateral security and trade dialogues
Big oil companies have been put on notice that if they want a piece of the action in China, they’d better get out of Vietnam. Britain’s BP divested its Vietnam properties in 2010, and early this year the second-biggest American oil company, Conoco-Phillips, sold its US$1 billion stake in Vietnam to a French firm. Exxon-Mobil, however, says it’s intent on developing a recent strike offshore central Vietnam.
An alliance of convenience becomes a strategic relationship

Particularly in this American election year, human rights issues will test the durability of the rapprochement between Vietnam and the United States – former enemies now seemingly the best of friends.

Officials from Hanoi and Washington get together frequently these days. An eavesdropper on the bilateral contacts might conclude that the unpleasantness of two generations ago, what Vietnamese refer to as “the American war,” was just a speed bump on the road to intimacy.

Indeed, the officials have plenty to talk about. They are tending a lengthening list of shared interests that include booming two-way trade, the elaboration of a military partnership, US support for public health, education and environmental protection initiatives and a pact that could clear the way for transfers of American nuclear technology.

When the toasting begins after a day of negotiations, there are euphoric references to the remarkable development’ of cooperation between Hanoi and Washington.

What’s remarkable isn’t that old enemies are now friends, but that an alliance of convenience has been dressed up and presented as a ‘strategic relationship.’

Two objectives have guided Hanoi’s re-engagement with the US:
  • The regime’s ability to deliver sustained economic growth to Vietnam’s citizenry depends importantly on easy access to the American market and investment capital, and
  • US military cooperation will cause China to think twice about pursuing expansionist ambitions in the South China Sea.

Friday, February 17, 2012

17 February 1979: The day China attacked Vietnam

Vietnamese veteran Nguyen Duy Vinh, 56, cleans the grave of a comrade at a military cemetery outside Hanoi February 17, 2012. China attacked Vietnam on February 17, 1979, starting a brief border war during which an estimated 20,000 Chinese soldiers and 10,000 Vietnamese soldiers died. In the ensuing years the Vietnamese and Chinese governments have tried to forget the conflict and improve relations. There are no ceremonies in either country to mark the anniversary of the start of the war but in Vietnam, where anti-China sentiment still runs deep, people visit cemeteries to remember the dead. REUTERS/Kham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gaNCdSu62k

Monday, February 13, 2012

Vietnam seen courting Western arms deals

Arms race seen amid South China Sea tension

February 10, 2012
By Tim Hepher and Peter Apps, Reuters

Chinese navy cadets march in formation past Tiananmen Square during a parade in this file photo. Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea could soon be replicated in neighbouring waters, a Japanese government-backed report said Friday, amid rising regional nervousness about China's intentions. (Photograph by: Jason Lee, Reuters)
SINGAPORE/LONDON - Vietnam is opening up to Western defence firms as tensions in the South China Sea trigger subdued yet growing warnings of a regional arms race, defence executives and security analysts said on Friday.

The Communist-ruled country is one of several Southeast Asian nations seeking to expand surveillance and maritime patrol capabilities, sparking fierce competition for regional deals estimated to be worth up to several hundred million dollars.

"Vietnam is opening to Western suppliers, which was not the case two or three years ago," said Marie-Laure Bourgeois, vice-president for South and Southeast Asia at France's Thales , Europe's largest defence electronics supplier.

"There has been a revival of tensions recently in the South China Sea and this is increasing demand for surveillance systems. Countries in the region want to ensure they have enough awareness of what is happening at sea and in the air."

Sunday, February 05, 2012

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Comrade Yem aka Hor 5 Hong
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
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DAP-news
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Cambodian FM Heads to China to Boost Bilateral, ASEAN-China Ties

2012-02-05
Xinhua


Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong left Cambodia on Sunday morning for a 3-day visit to China.

The visit aimed at cementing Cambodia-China ties and ASEAN- China relations, said a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At the Phnom Penh International Airport, the minister was seen off by Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue and senior officials of the ministry.

"Cambodia and China have had very close and special relations and cooperation since the past to the present. The visit is to deepen the friendship relations," Hor Namhong told reporters before his departure.

During the stay in China, he said that he will hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on bilateral, regional and international issues; then, he will pay courtesy calls on China's top leaders.

In addition, the minister will deliver a speech on the ASEAN- China relations at the ASEAN-China Center and visit a Cultural Center.

Cambodia is the chair of ASEAN in 2012. With the chairmanship, the country pledged to strengthen closer ties and cooperation between the ASEAN and China.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Three Topics in Sam Rainsy’s Interview With Radio France Internationale (RFI)

February 4, 2012

THREE TOPICS IN SAM RAINSY’S INTERVIEW WITH RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONALE (RFI)

In an interview with Radio France Internationale (RFI) broadcast on February 4, 2012 opposition leader Sam Rainsy elaborated on three main topics:

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- Senatorial elections: The opposition’s remarkable gains (from two to 11 seats) at the January 29 Senate elections represented a victory of the human spirit over intimidation and the power of money. The ruling CPP lamentably failed to weaken the opposition SRP, which appears stronger than ever and stands as the only force capable of challenging Hun Sen’s anachronistic regime and bringing back dignity to the Khmer people.

- Triangular relations between Cambodia, China and Vietnam: It is in the interest of Cambodia to support the legitimate sovereignty right of China over the Xisha (or Paracel) Islands and the Nansha (or Spratly) Islands in the South China Sea. The Cambodian people should gratefully remember China’s punitive military intervention against Vietnam in February 1979 following the invasion and occupation of Cambodia by the Vietnamese army the previous month. In the future,
only China can effectively help Cambodia defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity against expansionist Vietnam.

- Role of Cambodia as the new ASEAN president: Among other tasks, Cambodia should help Myanmar (or Burma) move further toward democracy. But ironically enough, whereas in Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has just been released from house arrest and allowed to run at coming national elections, in Cambodia the opposition leader has been forced into exile and prevented from running at coming national elections. Therefore Cambodia has shamefully become worse than Myanmar and cannot pretend to be a leader of any sort.

Listen to Sam Rainsy’s 10-minute interview in Khmer at http://tinyurl.com/6wpyhed

SRP Cabinet

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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Opposition leader Sam Rainsy
25 Jan 2012
ដោαž™ αž›ី ម៉េαž„αž ួរ
Radio France Internationale

Synopsis: In his open letter for the Chinese New Year, opposition leader Sam Rainsy announced his support for China in its South China Sea dispute with Vietnam, in particular in regards to the Paracel and Spratly Islands. In his new year message, Sam Rainsy praised Chinese-Cambodians, saying that they constitute an important part of the Cambodian population and they have actively participated in the edification of the country.

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Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Neutrality

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Vietnam opposes China fishing ban

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) - Vietnam's Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi on Friday reaffirmed the country's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in response to China's announcement that it would ban fishing in areas of the East Sea this summer.

The decision was issued on January 12 by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. Specifically, China will ban fishing in some areas of the East Sea, including several islands belonging to Vietnam, from May 16 to August 1