A Chinese Coast Guard vessel (R) passes near the Chinese oil rig, Haiyang Shi You 981 (L) in the South China Sea, about 210 km (130 miles) from the coast of Vietnam June 13, 2014. Reuters/Nguyen Minh
Anger In Vietnam As China Sends Four More Oil Rigs Into Disputed Waters -- Irish Times
China has sent four more oil rigs into a disputed area of the South China Sea less than two months after it placed a giant drilling platform in waters claimed by Vietnam, ratcheting up regional tensions.
The largely unpopulated Paracel islands are administered by China but claimed by Vietnam, and they have become the flashpoint in an increasingly aggressive territorial row between the two neighbours, ideological allies as fellow communists but with stark divisions.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said the rigs were in waters close to Guangdong province and Hainan island. “There is no need to over interpret the recent deployment of four oil rigs in the South China Sea,” Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing.
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Update #1: China Sends 4 Oil Rigs To South China Sea Amid Regional Tensions -- Business Insider/Reuters
Update #2: China Sends 4 Oil Rigs To South China Sea Amid Tensions With Vietnam -- IBTimes
My Comment: The Vietnamese will now have to respond to this provocation .... to not do so will be a tremendous "loss of face".
2 comments:
1.
Why does China send oil rigs into Vietnams water?
2
How is the realesionship between China and Vietnam now?
3.
Is there a risk of war between China and Vietnam?
4. Are somone trying to solve this conflict peachfully, if yes are they making progress?
1) Oil
2) Shitty
3) No
4) No progress at all.
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