The 12,000-tonne Haijing 3901 helped obstruct Vietnamese oil and gas exploration. Photo: Baidu
SCMP: China blocking Malaysian and Vietnamese oil and gas vessels shows greater willingness to intimidate, says think tank
* Actions at Vanguard Bank in disputed Spratly Islands ‘raises collision risk’
* Think tank cites data showing China has harassed those countries’ ships for at least six weeks
The risk of collisions between Chinese vessels and those from Malaysia and Vietnam in the South China Sea has been heightened in recent weeks as China has tried to obstruct the two countries’ oil and gas exploration, a Washington-based think tank said on Wednesday.
The analysis comes with a stand-off simmering between Chinese and Vietnamese vessels at Vanguard Bank, a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands
, risking an escalation of tensions and anti-China protests as it did five years ago.
Beijing has shown it is increasingly willing to use force and threats to block its neighbours’ oil and gas ambitions, said the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, which works under the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
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Update: Vietnam, China embroiled in South China Sea standoff (Reuters)
WNU Editor: This is going to get worse. This is also true .... China-Vietnam: Comrades in words, not in actions? (Asia Times).
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China is quickly telling the world that rule of law is irrelevant when China has the power to enforce its will. Let China have the upper hand and she will abuse you, I'm thinking of Australia for example.
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The Vietnamese do not like China. At all. The Chinese that used to live in Vietnam has mostly come to the US. The oil and island issues are going to get worse.
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