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Philippines & Vietnam in the South China Sea; updates, discussions
Topic Started: Mar 29 2012, 08:20 PM (1,962 Views)
Hong Nam
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In this photo released by the Vietnam Coast Guard, a Chinese ship, left, shoots a water cannon at a Vietnamese vessel, right, while a Chinese Coast Guard ship, center, cruises alongside in the South China Sea off Vietnam's coast on Wednesday. (Associated Press)




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Chinese and Vietnamese vessels face off in South China Sea
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China has territorial disputes with many neighbours, but particularly with Vietnam and the Philippines who have been the most willing to push back. On Wednesday, the Philippines detained a Chinese fishing vessel and crew that were reportedly fishing for endangered sea turtles.



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Looks like you gentlemen are famous for pushing back the dragon. - Perhaps even notorious in the eyes of the Chinese. :rifle:

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Japan expresses deep worry about China-Vietnam maritime spat (interaksyon.com)
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"We are deeply worried as regional tensions have risen with China unilaterally starting rigging activities in disputed waters" in the South China Sea, the top government spokesman said.

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It also comes as Japan and China continue to face off in their own territorial row over a small island grouping in the East China Sea and amid claims that Beijing is becoming increasingly assertive.

"We have strong concerns as there is information that many Vietnamese vessels were damaged and some people were injured," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters in Tokyo.

"We recognize this incident is part of China's unilateral and provocative maritime activities," he said.

Suga said China should explain to Vietnam and the international community the basis on which it was acting and added Japan strongly wants China to refrain from provocative moves and "act in a self-restrained manner".
Edited by Ayoshi, May 8 2014, 07:17 PM.
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In this video image released by Vietnam Coast Guard, Vietnamese surveillance ship crew members stand near the side of the ship, allegedly damaged after being rammed by a Chinese ship, in the South China Sea, off Vietnam's coast, Wednesday, May 7, 2014.

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As China gets bolder , James Shoal and waters around Natuna Islands will be next.

Just keep waiting and do nothing , Malaysia and Indonesia , you will be next , nomatter how hard you try to ignore it.
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Chinese ships ram Vietnamese vessels in latest oil rig row
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Who's the liar?

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China: Vietnamese Boats Rammed Our Civilian Vessels
China's Foreign Ministry responded to allegations that Chinese ships rammed Vietnamese vessels.
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An official from China's Foreign Ministry blamed Vietnam for the rammings, and said that China had used "utmost restraint" in limiting its response to the use of water cannons. Reports in Chinese media quoted Yi Xianliang, the deputy director-general of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs within the Foreign Ministry, as saying that Vietnamese boats had rammed Chinese vessels 171 times. In addition to the rammings, Yi said that Chinese vessels had discovered Vietnamese divers attempting to set up nets and other obstacles to block Chinese boats.

Yi Xianliang said that China was willing to discuss the matter with Vietnam, but insisted that all Vietnamese ships must leave the area first. Such a demand is not very appealing to Hanoi, as China has shown no signs of being willing to remove either its own ships or the drilling rig at the heart of the dispute. Plus, in the past, Beijing has used mutual withdrawal agreements to its advantage - China gained effective control of the Scarborough Shoal by sending ships to the area after Philippine vessels had departed.



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In this file photo, a China Coast Guard ship is seen using a water cannon on a Vietnamese ship in the disputed waters in the South China Sea, on May 2, 2014 - Photo By Vietnamese Foreign Ministry

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China's oil rig move leaves Vietnam, others looking vulnerable
Greg Torode and Charlie Zhu - Reuters



HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's decision to park its biggest mobile oil rig 120 miles off the Vietnamese coast has exposed how vulnerable Hanoi, and other littoral states of the South China Sea, are to moves by the region's dominant power to assert its territorial claims.

It is only Vietnam that contests China's expanding occupation of the Paracels. For years now Hanoi has tried to open talks with Beijing over China's moves on the islands, insisting that they are Vietnamese territory. Whenever the Vietnamese raise the issue, the Chinese say there is nothing to discuss because the Paracels are under Chinese occupation and sovereignty and not in dispute.

Vietnamese diplomats say they will be pushing for support when regional leaders gather in Myanmar for a weekend summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). But analysts say there is no guarantee of long-term regional or international support for Vietnam, even as the U.S. slams China's "provocative" act and urges Sino-Vietnamese negotiations on sovereignty.

Vietnam has a range of budding military relationships, including with the United States, but it has rejected formal alliances, unlike Japan and the Philippines, long-time Washington allies locked in their own worsening territorial disputes with China.


"China does seem to have moved at the point of maximum vulnerability for Vietnam . There is a risk some other countries will simply say it is not their problem - The Paracels are not the Spratlys." - Carl Thayer, Australian Defense Force Academy


Vietnamese officials have recently sought advice from international legal scholars about joining a United Nations arbitration case brought by the Philippines against China's claims in the South China Sea. But Vietnamese strategists have yet to show full trust in the international legal system.



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Edited by Hong Nam, May 9 2014, 01:24 PM.

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maybe we should do the same? aside from arresting their poachers we can also fire water cannons at them!
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