The Vietnamese wave the flag for China
Accusations fly between China and Vietnam in an escalating territorial row that has seen hackers post patriotic messages to thousands of websites.
June 10, 2011
News Desk
Global Post
Vietnam has accused China of attacking one of its ships, while China in response accused Vietnam of “gravely violating” its sovereignty in an escalating row over disputed waters in the South China Sea.
Tensions between China and its neighbors Vietnam and the Philippines have escalated in recent weeks amid anger over Chinese claims to the South China Sea and growing wariness over China’s naval power. China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan all claim territory in the South China Sea, which includes the disputed Spratly Islands, and is said hold deposits of oil and gas.
Hackers from both China and Vietnam have planted patriotic messages and pictures of national flags on thousands of websites, including government sites, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports.
Vietnamese state media reported Friday that thousands of websites could be at risk because of attacks by Chinese hackers. Webmasters in Vietnam have been told to be on high alert, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.
Accounts of the latest incident between Chinese and Vietnamese vessels in the South China Sea varied wildly between the two countries.
Hanoi said China used a fishing boat to intentionally ram cables from a Vietnamese ship conducting oil and gas surveys inside its exclusive economic zone, Reuters reports. It is the second time in two weeks that China has been accused of ramming a Vietnamese boat.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded late Thursday by condemning Vietnam for endangering the lives of Chinese fishermen, saying that the fishing boat’s net had become entangled in the cables.
"The Vietnamese ship put the lives and safety of the Chinese fishermen in serious danger," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a statement.
Hong also accused Vietnam of violating China's claim on the Spratly island chain and nearby seas, which Vietnam also claims as its own.
"It must be pointed out that by conducting unlawful oil and gas surveys in seas around the Wan'an Bank of the Spratly archipelago and by driving out a Chinese fishing vessel, Vietnam has gravely violated China's sovereignty and maritime rights," Hong said.
June 10, 2011
News Desk
Global Post
Vietnam has accused China of attacking one of its ships, while China in response accused Vietnam of “gravely violating” its sovereignty in an escalating row over disputed waters in the South China Sea.
Tensions between China and its neighbors Vietnam and the Philippines have escalated in recent weeks amid anger over Chinese claims to the South China Sea and growing wariness over China’s naval power. China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan all claim territory in the South China Sea, which includes the disputed Spratly Islands, and is said hold deposits of oil and gas.
Hackers from both China and Vietnam have planted patriotic messages and pictures of national flags on thousands of websites, including government sites, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports.
Vietnamese state media reported Friday that thousands of websites could be at risk because of attacks by Chinese hackers. Webmasters in Vietnam have been told to be on high alert, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.
Accounts of the latest incident between Chinese and Vietnamese vessels in the South China Sea varied wildly between the two countries.
Hanoi said China used a fishing boat to intentionally ram cables from a Vietnamese ship conducting oil and gas surveys inside its exclusive economic zone, Reuters reports. It is the second time in two weeks that China has been accused of ramming a Vietnamese boat.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded late Thursday by condemning Vietnam for endangering the lives of Chinese fishermen, saying that the fishing boat’s net had become entangled in the cables.
"The Vietnamese ship put the lives and safety of the Chinese fishermen in serious danger," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a statement.
Hong also accused Vietnam of violating China's claim on the Spratly island chain and nearby seas, which Vietnam also claims as its own.
"It must be pointed out that by conducting unlawful oil and gas surveys in seas around the Wan'an Bank of the Spratly archipelago and by driving out a Chinese fishing vessel, Vietnam has gravely violated China's sovereignty and maritime rights," Hong said.
3 comments:
Vietnam unlawfully took control of Cambodia's biggest island "Koh Trol" and renamed as Phu Quoc. Concerning the event in South China Sea -- Vietnam is now got a taste of its own medicine.
Who exist first, Vietnam or China? That disputed territory was part of China long before Dai Viet was born as a nation. Vietnam shouldn't cry about it. China should skin Vietnam alive. Vietnam try to make itself as an innocent little bitch, when in fact, Vietnam is a bitchy little bitch. Cambodia had lost so much to Vietnam almost the same way as Vietnam lost to China. What come around, goes around. China will be the giant that take what it wants and no one is going to do anything about it. What's wrong with being a bully to take what you want? It worked for Thailand and Vietnam over Cambodia, it should also work for China over Vietnam and other little countries too, right? I love seeing how things always turn out, Haaaaaa.......
12:26AM is right! I would love to see China teach viet-leech a lesson...
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