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Don’t listen to what China says, watch what it does
Don’t listen to what China says, watch what it does
17/5/14
China’s placement of the giant state-owned oil rig HD-981
in Block 143 inside Vietnam’s
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on May 2 was unexpected, provocative and illegal.
This incident marks the first time China has placed one of its oil
rigs in the EEZ of another state without prior permission. This was an
unexpected move because China-Vietnam relations have been on an upward
trajectory since the visit to Hanoi
by Premier Li Keqiang in October. At that time, both sides indicated they had
reached agreement to carry forward discussions on maritime issues. China’s move was also unexpected because Vietnam has not undertaken any discernible
provocative action that would justify China’s unprecedented actions.
China’s perverse action has infringed international law and
gone back on its commitments to ASEAN under the Declaration on the Conduct of
Parties in the East Sea (DOC) in 2002, in which parties pledge to refrain from
all provocative actions that could make conflicts at sea more complicated and
affect the region’s peace and stability. The act has
negatively impacted political trust and cooperation between the two countries
and hurt the Vietnamese people.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement
objecting to China’s illegal
operation of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s
waters in the East
Sea, and the Vietnam Oil
and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has demanded that the China National Offshore Oil
Corporation (CNOOC) move the rig out of the Southeast Asian country’s exclusive
economic zone and continental shelf.
But, the Chinese Maritime
Safety Administration even bans all vessels from entering the area where the
rig is operating within a radius of one nautical mile. That are so unreasonable
and unaccepted.
On the ground,
Vietnamese Marine Police ships patrolling Vietnamese waters were rammed by
Chinese marine police, Ngo Ngoc Thu, vice commander of the High Command of
Vietnam Marine Police said at an international press conference held in Hanoi
after China deployed a giant mobile drilling rig to search for oil and gas
inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the East Sea, also known as the
South China Sea.
That China’s
move have led to many protests of Vietnamese people in and out the country. Tens
of thousands of Vietnamese people took to the streets on Sunday in Hanoi, Hue City, Da Nang
City, and Ho Chi
Minh City to protest China’s
illegal deployment of a giant oil rig to Vietnamese waters in the East Vietnam
Sea. At abroad, many
protests have been held in a lot of countries like Berlin
(Germany), Czech,
Japan, Philippines,…The demonstrators included elders, veterans, students,
office workers, and even children. They sang together the national anthem and
revolutionary songs, with or without loudspeakers. Once agian, the patriotism
of our people have rised against the Chinese invading acts.
“Vietnam has full historical evidence
and legal grounds to prove its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong
Sa (Spratly) archipelagos as well as sovereign rights and jurisdiction over its
exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in accordance with the 1982 UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea,” Le Hai Binh – a spokeman of the Vietnamese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. And, we, Vietnamese people will keep
struggling till Chinese oil rig HD-981 and numbers of escorting vessels are out
of our territory./.
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All comments [ 10 ]
We, Vietnamese, believe in justice and enforcement of international laws. International community will support Vietnam to protest China's move.
Damn Chinese! Go away, Paracel and Spratly Islands are Vietnam's.
Vietnamese people will keep struggling till Chinese oil rig HD-981 and numbers of escorting vessels are out of our territory.
China has violated international laws and underestimated the US's role in the region. They want to expand their political influence and be a new super power.
The article is very impressive, I agree with writer's opinions.
China’s perverse action has infringed international law and gone back on its commitments to ASEAN under the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) in 2002
Chinese will get consequence due to their aggressiveness. They never stop invading Vietnam, I hate Chinese.
The move has negatively impacted political trust and cooperation between the two countries and hurt the Vietnamese people.
I trust Vietnamese government will have appropriate policies and measures to deal with Chinese assertiveness. Vietnamese people shouldn't be overreacted!
People should restrain themselves from overreacted activities, don't let incidients like Binh Duong, Ha Tinh,... happen more. Let authorities do their jobs. Don't let your patriotism harm national interests.
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