A China National Offshore Oil Corp. deep-water oil drilling rig leaves the port of Qingdao for the South China Sea (AFP/File)
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Anti-China protesters march during a protest along a street in Hanoi July 1, 2012. Hundreds of Vietnamese demonstrated in Hanoi on Sunday against China's moves to strengthen its claim to disputed islands in the South China Sea and its invitation to oil firms to bid for blocks in offshore areas that Vietnam claims as its territory. REUTERS/Nguyen Lan Thang
HANOI (AFP)
— Vietnam has denounced China's opening of offshore oil blocks
to foreign companies in contested areas of the South China Sea as
"illegal", as territorial tensions grow between the communist
neighbours.
On Saturday, the China National Offshore Oil
Corporation announced that nine offshore blocks were available for
exploration, and said it was seeking bids from foreign companies.
Vietnam's
foreign ministry said in a statement late Tuesday that the blocks "lie
entirely within Vietnam's 200-mile exclusive economic zone."
It
added: "This is absolutely not a disputed area. (CNOOC's move) is
illegal and of no value, seriously violating Vietnam's sovereignty."
It said the bid invitation was "causing tension" in the South China Sea.
The
blocks, which cover an area of more than 160,000 square kilometres
(64,000 square miles), "are available for international exploration and
development cooperation between CNOOC and foreign companies," CNOOC said
in a statement.
The tender was "normal business activity", Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular news briefing on Tuesday.
"We hope Vietnam will respect these agreements and avoid taking any action that may complicate the matter," he said.
China
and Vietnam are locked in a long-standing territorial dispute over the
South China Sea, and frequently trade diplomatic barbs over oil
exploration, fishing rights and the Spratly and Paracel Islands, which
both countries claim.
Last week, Vietnam angered China by adopting
a law which claims sovereignty of the mineral-rich islands, prompting
Beijing to summon Vietnam's ambassador to oppose the "illegal and
invalid" move.
China says it has sovereign rights to the whole
South China Sea, believed to sit atop vast oil and gas deposits. The sea
is also claimed in whole or part by Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia,
and the Philippines.
15 comments:
Ha ha, how does feel to be bullied by a more powerful country? So stop bullying Cambodia and it's people . Leave us alone and contemplate the issue problems within your country.
If you are keep pushing us to the edge we will have no choice to fight the war to be able to stop stop your aggression war.
Where are Canmbodian people when Yuon encroached our khmers villages? Why no one protest at Yuon consultant in Pp? Why??? Why??
Are we Combodian scares ogre Yuon or Cpp?
We are khmers allows Yuon to walked all over our head for peace it not going to work that way,only way to work in our benefit is fight back with protest or expose it to world of Yuon bad behavior of bullying a small nation like Srok Khmer.Fight back...fight hard to protect our land folks!!!
Joint China to fight this Hanoi land robber to get our land back.....
Youns are fearless no matter how big their enemies are, be it France, America or China. Can we fight them?
Too bad for youn, China is not France or America.
Youn will los again the serious Chinese treat, because youn has the border with China.
Yuon fought and will fight their enemies by using their women pussies.
This Yuon traditional weapon of war has been used to fight the Chams, the Khmers, the French the Americans, and among Yuon themselves.
In a full blown out war, China will wipe out Vietnam from the world map in a week.
Mind you, no nuke will be needed !
don't think Veit get any sympathy here. agrgressor, give me a break! the chinese has been very patient with you guys for far too long. you look chinese, you smell chinese and your taste is chinese. so why not be chinese, you don't seem to think highly of the Indianized cultures of the Cham or Khmer. so better start learning those chinese characters again and quickly......The old master is coming.
7:13 PM you can taste and you can smell are you a dog?
gonna be a long and depressing time for youn we gonna enjoy every moment of it.wooooo hoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
where did you learn your English, you stupid moron. it seem that you lack the understanding of the English language........you look like turd, you smell like turd and you are a piece of turd,8:26pm............ now can you comprehend the meaning ?
Some of you guys talking about WAR and how about the diplomatic ways? I think, it's more appropriate or rational one, isn't it?
WE, CAMBODIAN PEOPLE SHOULD THESE KIND OF PROTEST AGAINST THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN CAMBODIA AND THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT FOR TAKING OUR LANDS AND SEA WATER, NOW.
khmer and china will share 50-50 of your animal yuon land. half were stolen from khmer and other half you stole from china.
8:43 PM is that mean ur mom is a prostitute???and you a son of a unknown sperm???
Calm down name calling again...What's wrong with civilize discussion with out swearing...
7:58 Pm go to learn more English, the on line translator is simply inadequate. it may sounded perfect in you double gook bastardised language but not in English.
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