Anti China Protesters
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China’s South China Sea Strategy Unmoved by Vietnam Protests
Anti China Protesters, China, Intentional Rammings, Mob Violence, Oil, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Vietnam, Water CannonHONG KONG — Territorial disputes between China and Vietnam have triggered deadly anti-China protests in Vietnam this week. Thousands of Vietnamese rioted against an oil rig China placed in waters that Vietnam considers its own. On Friday, protests took place in the Philippines, which is also entangled in territorial disputes with Beijing. China’s move to […]
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China’s ‘Oil Rig Diplomacy’ in the South China Sea
Anti China Protesters, China, Intentional Rammings, Mob Violence, Oil, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Vietnam, Water CannonWhat’s the difference between an oil rig and a naval base or an aircraft carrier? Very little, politically, in the eyes of China. The waters of the South China Sea have witnessed a growing set of confrontations between Chinese and Vietnamese maritime forces as China deploys its deep-sea oil drilling rig, Haiyang Shiyou 981, to […]
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Vietnam leader sends texts amid South China Seas standoff
BEIJING — Vietnam’s Prime Minister texted millions of citizens late Thursday encouraging them to defend the nation’s sovereignty in a dispute with China over an oil rig that has left at least two Chinese workers dead and injured a 100 more. Nguyen Tan Dung warned against letting “bad elements” engage in violence, but did not […]
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Anti-China Riots in Vietnam Leave at Least 21 Dead
Anti China Protesters, China, Intentional Rammings, Mob Violence, Oil, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Vietnam, Water CannonAt least 21 people were killed as anti-China riots in southern Vietnam escalated and spread to the center of the country on Thursday. A doctor in Ha Tinh province described five of the dead as Vietnamese workers and others as Chinese. He said they were among roughly 100 people sent to his hospital, Reuters reports. […]
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Beijing Pays for South China Sea Assertiveness
Anti China Protesters, China, Intentional Rammings, Mob Violence, Oil, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Vietnam, Water CannonSoutheast Asian nations look helpless to counter Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea—but it would be misguided to think China isn’t wary of its own political toll, writes Andrew Browne in this week’s China’s World column: Nothing seems to illustrate the impotence of Southeast Asian nations more than their glacial progress toward a […]
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Competing Stakes Hamper Development of South China Sea
Anti China Protesters, China, Intentional Rammings, Mob Violence, Oil, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Vietnam, Water CannonBEIJING–A Vietnam-China standoff over an oil rig exemplifies only a part of the interlocking interests–from the resources under its seabed to the trade routes on its surface–that trouble the waters of the South China Sea. The sea is believed to contain significant resources, but disputes over its islands, reefs and atolls–control of which gives the […]