Will China Go To War Against Vietnam?

Could China Teach Vietnam a New Lesson? -- Khanh Vu Duc, Asia Sentinel

Vietnam passes a new maritime law laying further claim to disputed islands.

On June 21, the Vietnamese National Assembly adopted the Vietnam Maritime Law, which was promptly criticized by China. The law sets out the legal status of Vietnam’s islands and sea and sovereignty under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which also includes the disputed Spratly and Paracel Islands. Claiming sovereignty over these islands under the law has unnecessarily irked China and opened up yet another chapter in the ongoing South China Sea dispute.

In response to any slight, real or imaginary, could China teach Vietnam a lesson?

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My Comment: Vietnam is to China what Canada is to the U.S. .... these countries are neighbors, but are small in the big picture. In short ... China will not go to war against Vietnam for the simple reason that it is not worth it.