Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Anti-Chinese Protests Spread In Vietnam



Protestors Torch Factories In Southern Vietnam As China Protests Escalate -- CNN

(CNN) -- Anti-Chinese protests in Vietnam have turned violent with demonstrators setting on fire a number of factories in a southern Vietnamese industrial park.

Properties in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks (VSIP) I & II in Binh Duong were targeted Tuesday by thousands of protesters demonstrating over China's deployment of an oil rig into waters that both countries claim as sovereign territory.

Reports suggest the demonstrators targeted factories owned by Chinese firms, although CNN received a report that the arson was indiscriminate, with Korean-, Taiwanese- and Japanese-owned properties also torched by the angry mob.

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More News On Anti-Chinese Protests Spreading In Vietnam

Factories burned in anti-China protest in Vietnam -- FOX News/AP
Anti-China Protesters in Vietnam Damage Taiwan-Owned Companies -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Anti-China demonstrators in Vietnam torch foreign factories amid territorial dispute -- CSM
Vietnam mobs set fire to foreign factories in anti-China riots -- Reuters
Protests Target Chinese Factories in Vietnam -- VOA
Anger Grows in Vietnam Over Dispute With China -- New York Times
Anti-China Rioters in Vietnam Set Foreign Factories Ablaze -- NBC
China expresses 'serious concerns' over Vietnam violence -- Business Standard/AFP
China enacts "emergency mechanisms" after Vietnam protests -- Reuters
As Anger Over Chinese Rig Rises, Hanoi Has Few Options -- WSJ

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