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The most pressing concern now is China's illegal land reclamation work at some Spratly reefs (Johnson South Reef) as first step in the establishment of ADIZ for the South China Sea. Together with the sightings of three Jin class type 091 nuclear subs at Hainan submarine base, each sub being armed with 16 JL-2 SLBMs (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles) and the report in the Diplomat that China has secretly used the SC Sea as testing ground for nuclear subs, it makes people think China is aiming to seize the whole SC Sea as hiding place for their nuclear strike force targeting America just like Russia uses the Barents Sea to park their nuclear subs.
Jun 19, 2014 06:26 AM
Reply to this commentYang Jiechi has said repeatedly "China has indisputable sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea, which have been an inherent part of Chinese territory since ancient times." What nonsense! In ancient times, Hainan island belonged to Vietnam as were Yunnan and Guangzhou, South VN was part of Khmer Empire, the US did not exist! He got to talk about the present day instead of displaying arrogance. He's simply riding on the coattail of the military seemingly invicible for the moment. National borders are usually redrawn after a war and if China lost it will be disassembled into small fiefdoms, undoing the work of Qin Shihuang. Tibet, Xinjiang will be free.
Jun 19, 2014 05:42 AM
Reply to this comment@Viet Patriot - Sadly, I don't think China cares about Vietnamese threats to take legal action against it. In reality, that isn't going to accomplish anything and China won't submit to a ruling in the dispute.
Jun 18, 2014 05:27 PM
Reply to this commentYang Jiechi wants to soothe Vietnam's feelings to avoid the embarassment of being dragged to the International Court of Justice without any interest of showing compromise or any intention of withdrawing the rig. Indeed china is on the verge of deploying a second rig of similar size, the Haiyan 982, and two more are commissioned for 2016, the 943 and 944. The rigs are built using US technology, presumably from the acquisition of Nexen from Canada. Vietnam needs to remind China that according to the 1951 San Francisco Treaty where 46 out of 51 countries voted overwhelming in favour of VN as legal custodian of the Paracels and Spratly.
Jun 18, 2014 03:39 PM
Reply to this commentYOU DO NOT PREFFER TO ASSIMILATE TO CHINA DO YOU?
That what you try to tell to the world . You say we are primitive, savage, ignorant... and deserve to be assimilate into your society, You drive our people in Central Highlands of Vietnam almost to the point of nonexistence!
You ignore our civilization that has been exist and were above your civilization thousand times.
Look at you, when you said you make politics but your politics without principles, you create wealth without work ; your enjoyment without conscience; your knowledge with out character, your business without morality, your science without morality; your religion without compassion ; your rights without responsibilities; your power without accountability; your development without sustainability; and your laws without justice!
WHY WE NEED YOU?
Jun 18, 2014 02:18 PM
Reply to this commentVietnam should decline this self-invitation until removes its rig from Vietnam's EEZ, calls off its barbarians from the sea and agrees to be facilitated by the UN's Security Council. Anything short of that is just opportunity for more Chinese lies and 5,000 years ancient distortions.
Jun 18, 2014 11:20 AM
Reply to this commentYOU HAVE NO WAY TO GET OUT!
•If you know what Nazism really is then you see how your system isn't any different anymore. Your nation only knows how to steal, cheat, lie, provoke, and kill in a very bad way!
You had rushed so far to subjugate us, you had destroyed Degar country in Central Highlands without seeking UN tribunal court! When our culture has thrived over many centuries, in seeming harmony with its environment-no need for mines, for worldwide war, for wanton habitat destructing, for transferring billions of barrels of oil from the ground into the atmosphere, which only accelerated environmental destruction!
We may have acquired some credible grounds for passing such level of wisdom! Is it possible we know something you do not! You might ask why we could not learn to live with you or we should ask you why you not learn to live with China if not you will be CRUST!
Jun 18, 2014 07:13 AM
Reply to this commentI hope one day vietname land becomes china land
Jun 18, 2014 02:08 AM
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Just the past centuries, Smart Vietnam has gained so much land ( stole from others by all means ); The neighboring counties around Vietnam are loosing land,but Vietnam is gaining land...Tricky Vietnam has used all kind of dirty works to have border redrawn for its gain .The world is being blinded by smart Vietnam. Former Soviet Unions and China were used against America by Vietnam, now Vietnam is using America and its allies against China. America ,China and Russia could have had better relation without Vietnam involvement .This treacherous Vietnam could be the cause for another WW !
Jun 19, 2014 11:36 AM
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