HUAT AH! New War Brewing any time can fire

[Hitler_Bush]

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China already had a previous war with Vietnam. Now renewing the fued.





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China sends fighter jets to guard illegal oil rig in Vietnam’s waters
TUOI TRE
UPDATED : 05/11/2014 17:58 GMT + 7

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China has dispatched fighter jets to join the group of vessels tasked with guarding oil rig HD 981 illegally planted in Vietnam’s waters, infringing the Southeast Asian country’s sea and airspace sovereignty, Colonel Ngo Ngoc Thu, Vice Commander and Chief of Staff of Vietnam's Coast Guard, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Sunday.
On Saturday and Sunday mornings, the Vietnamese Coast Guard discovered two groups of Chinese military aircraft flying above Vietnamese ships, which have been trying to prevent the oil rig from illicitly drilling in Vietnamese waters, at a height of 800 to 1000 meters, according to Thu.
Among them were a team of fighter jets and a Chinese military aircraft bearing number 9401 flying over Vietnamese ship CSB 8003, the vice commander said.
On Saturday, the Chinese expanded the radius of the protecting zone for the drilling platform to 10-15 nautical miles from the previous 5-7 nautical miles on Thursday, with civilian and law enforcement vessels deployed for the protection operations, he added.
These vessels are assigned to stop all Vietnamese ships from approaching the oil rig by blocking the ships and firing large-capacity water cannons at the Vietnamese watercrafts, the official elaborated.
So far, China has used three military vessels including missile guardian ships to block Vietnamese Coast Guard ships from accessing the drilling rig that has illegitimately operated in Vietnamese waters in the East Vietnam Sea since early this month.
The Vietnamese Coast Guard has continued to use loudspeakers to protest the Chinese acts and request China to remove the oil rig and their escort vessels from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, Vice Commander Thu said.
The view of the Coast Guard is to restrain in order not to escalate the already tense situation, he said, further explaining that all this is to limit confrontations and avoid causing damage to the Vietnamese ships as well as casualties for the Vietnamese side.
Colonel Thu also conveyed gratitude to Vietnamese people – both at home and abroad – and international friends who have shared and expressed admiration for the courage and determination of the Vietnamese Coast Guard in protecting national sovereignty.
China has illegitimately operated the oil rig in a location of 15°29’58’’ North latitude and 111°12’06’’ East longitude in Vietnamese waters in the East Vietnam Sea since May 1, and deployed as many as 80 vessels including warships to guard the drilling platform.
This location is completely within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, about 119 nautical miles (221 km) from Ly Son Island off the central Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai and 18 nautical miles south of Tri Ton Island of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, according to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Le Hai Binh.
Many of the Chinese vessels intentionally crashed into Vietnamese ships when they were requested by the Vietnamese side to leave the waters, the Vietnamese Coast Guard announced at an international press conference in Hanoi on May 7.
To date, nine Vietnamese fisheries surveillance officers have been injured in such attacks by the Chinese ships.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at a Southeast Asian summit in Myanmar on Sunday that China is threatening peace, stability, and freedom of navigation by illegally deploying the oil rig to Vietnam’s waters.
“This extremely dangerous action has been directly endangering peace, stability, security, and marine safety in the East Vietnam Sea,” the premier asserted.
The Vietnamese prime minister also called for Southeast Asian nations, countries around the world, and international individuals and organizations to continue protesting China’s acts as well as supporting Vietnam’s legal stance in relation to the current developments in the East Vietnam Sea.
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Vietnam Says China Oil Rig Situation Still 'Tense'
By VU TRONG KHANH and NGUYEN ANH THU
May 10, 2014 2:42 a.m. ET
HANOI—A maritime dispute between Vietnam and China remained tense Saturday, with Vietnamese officials saying dozens of Chinese vessels are still at the site of a Chinese oil rig in contested South China Sea waters.

"China still maintains between 70 and 80 vessels at the site, and the situation remains tense," Rear Admiral Ngo Ngoc Thu, vice commander of Vietnam Coast Guard, told The Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Thu said...

 

[Hitler_Bush]

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Vietnam says China fired water cannon, rammed ships near oil rig
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Hanoi said Wednesday that Chinese ships protecting a deep-water drilling rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea had used water cannon to attack Vietnamese patrol vessels and repeatedly rammed them, causing injuries.

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HANOI: Hanoi said Wednesday that Chinese ships protecting a deep-water drilling rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea had used water cannon to attack Vietnamese patrol vessels and repeatedly rammed them, causing injuries.

Tensions between the communist neighbours have risen sharply since Beijing unilaterally announced last week it would move the deep-water drilling rig into disputed waters -- a move the United States has described as "provocative".

Vietnam deployed patrol vessels after the China Maritime Safety Administration issued the unilateral navigational warning on its website saying it would be drilling in the South China Sea close to the Paracel Islands -- which are controlled by China but claimed by Vietnam.

Vietnam said China's decision was "illegal", demanded the rig be withdrawn, and dispatched vessels to the area.

Ngo Ngoc Thu, deputy commander of Vietnam's maritime police, told reporters in Hanoi Wednesday that Chinese boats had collided with Vietnamese vessels in at least three separate incidents since the May 3 announcement.

A Chinese plane had also flown low over Vietnamese police patrol boats dispatched to the area in a bid to threaten them.

He said the Chinese "actively used water cannon to attack Vietnamese law enforcement vessels".

"The situation was very tense," he said, adding that "some Vietnamese people were injured by broken glass as a result of the clashes."

"We broadcast a signal asking the rig to leave the area. We have showed that we are patient and self-restrained in the face of Chinese aggressive acts," he said, adding that Vietnam had not dispatched military ships to the area -- only police and coastguard patrol boats.

Vietnam broadcast a video of the alleged ramming incidents.

China claims sovereign rights to almost the whole of the South China Sea, which is believed to sit atop vast oil and gas deposits.

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying reiterated Beijing's position that the rig was in Chinese territory.

"The drilling activity of this rig is within China's territorial waters. The disruptive activities by the Vietnamese side are in violation of China's sovereign rights," she said.

"The drilling activities on the rig are completely legal, and we ask the Vietnamese side to stop their disruptive actions."

The South China Sea is also claimed in part by Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines.

China and Vietnam, which fought a brief border war in 1979, have been locked in a longstanding territorial dispute over the contested waters, and frequently trade diplomatic barbs over oil exploration, fishing rights and the Spratly and Paracel Islands.

Vietnam's authoritarian rulers have also been struggling to control intense domestic criticism of their handling of relations with China.

Some calls have already gone out on dissident websites for an anti-China protest in Hanoi -- previous protests have been broken up by police and resulted in arrests.

Vietnam expert Carl Thayer said the decision to move the oil rig into disputed waters was "a major change in China's strategy", adding it could be a response to US President Obama's recent Asia tour.

During the tour Obama asserted US support for allies Japan and the Philippines, which are also locked in disputes with Beijing over the South China Sea.

On Tuesday, the United States warned China that the decision to move the deep-sea oil rig into disputed waters in what Vietnam calls the East Sea was a "provocative" step that it was monitoring closely.

- AFP/nd

 

[Hitler_Bush]

I believe some of these are special built quasi
Combat ships equipped and designed to ram hit and confrontation with high power water jets.

 

[palden]

Those Vietnamese never learnt. Use egg to hit stone.

 

[The_Hypocrite]

If war happens wont it b good news? Can use it as an excuse to get rid of commies...and also means USA will have to support its allies n cant do those gfc crap n also China n USA will import more to feed the military machine...good mah.

 

[winners]

I'm eagerly looking forward to a war between China and her enemies. Tell me, who is China's friend amongst her immediate neighbors, apart from Cambodia? Even Putin is just putting on an act to pacify China, as I believe his hands are already full with the current Crimea crisis, so where got time to meddle in China's international affairs?

 

[Whats4]

I'm eagerly looking forward to a war between China and her enemies. Tell me, who is China's friend amongst her immediate neighbors, apart from Cambodia? Even Putin is just putting on an act to pacify China, as I believe his hands are already full with the current Crimea crisis, so where got time to meddle in China's international affairs?

are Russia and china really friends or enemies? one aiming for Europe while the other at south east asia.