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| Philippines & Vietnam in the South China Sea; updates, discussions | |
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| Hong Nam | May 30 2014, 03:15 PM Post #81 |
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Vietnamese Fisherman Vows to Return to South China Sea Trung Nguyen May 29, 2014 The captain of a Vietnamese fishing boat that sank Monday after allegedly being rammed by Chinese vessels vowed to resume fishing in the South China Sea. Dang Van Nhan wants "to set examples for future generations" of fishermen, he told VOA's Vietnamese Service shortly after being brought to shore. "China is very aggressive," the captain said, adding that three boats "attacked us with the support of others. They are steel vessels. Our wooden boat is small. How could we ram into them? It is our territory, but Chinese boats came attacking us, trying to kill us." Nhan said he was not afraid of China and planned to return to sea as soon as possible. Voice of America |
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| Ayoshi | Jun 4 2014, 09:03 PM Post #82 |
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![]() A Vietnamese sinking boat (L) which was rammed and then sunk by Chinese vessels near disputed Paracels Islands, is seen near a Marine Guard ship (R) at Ly Son island of Vietnam's central Quang Ngai province on May 29, 2014. Reuters photo ===== Chinese ship rams another Vietnamese vessel [abs-cbnnews] 06/04/2014
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| Hong Nam | Jun 5 2014, 01:55 AM Post #83 |
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Here is the video from Vietnamese sources. The Chinese boat virtually ran over it. Didn't have a chance at all. http://tuoitre.vn/Chinh-tri-Xa-hoi/611097/can-canh-tau-trung-quoc-dam-chim-tau-ca-viet-nam.html |
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| Ayoshi | Jun 7 2014, 01:38 PM Post #84 |
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Filipinos, Vietnamese in Sweden unite vs China's claims [abs-cbnnews] 6/06/2014
Video Link > Edited by Ayoshi, Jun 7 2014, 01:39 PM.
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| MSantor | Jun 8 2014, 09:30 PM Post #85 |
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Filipinos and Vietnamese thumbing their nose at China: Interaksyon
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| Hong Nam | Jun 8 2014, 10:28 PM Post #86 |
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Rock, Paper, Scissors in the South China Sea by Gary Sands June 6th, 2014 In responding to Beijing's latest challenge over the South China Seas, Hanoi has few options available. Hanoi's official protests to Beijing have so far had little effect, and recent meetings with member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Myanmar resulted in little progress. Most likely, Vietnam will have to pursue international arbitration - much like the Philippines has taken its territorial dispute with China to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Indeed, Hanoi is now preparing extensive documentation to prove its claim (or covering the rock with legal paper, if you will). Yet for each of these possible actions, there will likely be a strong reaction from Beijing, perhaps another aggressive action. Hanoi finds itself not only fighting to secure its rights on the water but also fighting in the court of international opinion. And in this fight, Hanoi would do well to borrow a technique from the Philippine government, and document China's aggression using international media. In late March, when the Philippine government knew the Chinese would attempt to thwart their efforts to resupply its military outpost on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, Philippine government officials invited members of the international media aboard their resupply ships. Attempts by Chinese vessels to prevent the resupply were clearly documented, and the Philippines were able to successfully portray China as the aggressor and cultivate international opinion in its favor. Given Beijing's latest action using an aggressive "scissors" strategy, now is the time for Vietnam to use "paper", involving the international media to document what is going on its disputed waters, win in the court of international opinion, and avoid using escalating the conflict into one where "rock smashes scissors". Foreign Policy Association |
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| MSantor | Jun 9 2014, 09:45 PM Post #87 |
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China's response to PH-Vietnamese cooperation in the SCS/WPS: Interaksyon
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| Hong Nam | Jun 10 2014, 09:28 AM Post #88 |
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China Takes Dispute With Vietnam to UN UNITED NATIONS June 10, 2014 ABC News Edited by Hong Nam, Jun 10 2014, 10:50 PM.
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| Ayoshi | Jun 10 2014, 11:55 AM Post #89 |
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^ from same news posted by Hong Nam abcnews - June 10, 2014
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| Hong Nam | Jun 11 2014, 11:59 AM Post #90 |
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Why China Is Angry About a Game of Beach Volleyball Vietnam and the Philippines put their differences aside to present a united front against China. By Mark C. Eades June 10, 2014 China has been angry before, but never about volleyball. Vietnamese and Philippine troops gathered on a disputed island in the South China Sea on Sunday to drink beer and play beach volleyball in a show of unity that has enraged Beijing. The gathering took place on Southwest Cay in the Spratly Islands, disputed between Vietnam, the Philippines and China. This show of unity between Vietnam and the Philippines in the face of growing Chinese aggression produced a quick reaction from Beijing. "Don't you think this small move together by Vietnam and the Philippines is at most a clumsy farce? China has irrefutable sovereignty over the Spratly Islands and the seas nearby. We demand that Vietnam and the Philippines stop any behavior that picks quarrels and causes trouble and not do anything to complicate or magnify the dispute." - Hua Chunying, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Despite their own competing claims on Southwest Cay and other islands, Vietnam and the Philippines put aside their differences in the face of what the two Southeast Asian nations increasingly see as a far greater threat from China. This fits a general pattern of Asia-Pacific nations pulling closer together and into closer cooperation with the United States for fear of Chinese aggression. To China, however, it is its Asia-Pacific neighbors and the United States that are guilty of "picking quarrels and causing trouble." Poor China is only an innocent victim of others' troublemaking. Now China is angry about a game of beach volleyball. This will not make it any easier for the rest of us to take China seriously as a world power. US News Edited by Hong Nam, Jun 14 2014, 12:13 AM.
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