Two Vietnamese Marine Guard ships flank a Chinese coast guard vessel (C) on the South China Sea, about 210 km (130 miles) offshore of Vietnam May 15, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Nguyen Minh
Obama's Asia Pivot Tested By China's Bold Maritime Claims -- Reuters
(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama sought to reassure allies in Asia last month that the United States would support them in the face of a more assertive China.
But after one of Beijing's boldest moves in years to lay claim to contested waters off Vietnam, some Asia countries are asking a simple question: Where is Washington?
Days after Obama left the region, China deployed an oil drilling rig 150 miles off the coast of Vietnam, into a part of the South China Sea claimed by itself and Hanoi. That sparked deadly anti-China riots in central Vietnam and raised questions over whether Obama's long-promised strategic "pivot" of military assets to Asia is more than talk.
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My Comment: China is betting that the U.S. will not jump in and "protect" Vietnam's maritime claims .... and so far the U.S. has kept it's distance from this dispute.
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Even now hash tags of unimaginable social devastation are being readied for deployment.
That's Funny.
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