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发帖数: 598 | 1 Vietnam clamps down on anti-China protests
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities forcibly broke up small
protests against China in two cities on Sunday, after deadly anti-China
rampages over a flaring territorial dispute risked damaging the economy and
spooked a state used to keeping a tight grip on its people.
In southern Ho Chi Minh City, police dragged away several demonstrators from
a park in the city center. In Hanoi, authorities closed off streets and a
park close to the Chinese Embassy and pushed journalists and protesters away
. Police were posted outside well-known dissidents houses, preventing them
from leaving, according to activists.
China, meanwhile, said it had dispatched the first of five ships to Vietnam
to speed up the evacuation of any its citizens wanting to leave.
More than 3,000 Chinese have already been pulled out from Vietnam following
the riots this past week that left two Chinese dead and injured about 100
others, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
China deployed an oil rig to a disputed patch of the South China Sea on May
1, triggering fury in Vietnam. Hanoi sent ships to confront the rig in a
tense standoff with Chinese vessels. The breakdown in ties between the two
countries is the most serious since 1979, when they fought a brief but
bloody border war.
Last weekend, Vietnam allowed anti-China protests that drew thousands of
people, a rare step widely seen as a way of amplifying state anger against
Beijing. Doing so was risky for authorities: dissident groups joined in the
protests, and public anger was such that violence was a possibility.
By Tuesday and Wednesday, the protests had morphed into riots targeting
factories believed to be owned by Chinese companies. Many of those hit were
Taiwanese. The violence caused concern among foreign investors who have
turned Vietnam into a manufacturing hub in recent years.
China has loudly demanded Vietnam protect Chinese people inside the country.
Many Chinese have left by commercial flights and across the land border
into Cambodia, although violence has stopped since Wednesday.
Vietnam's government has vowed to protect all foreign investors, including
Chinese, and said it has arrested more than 1,000 people over the rioting.
On Saturday, it said further protests would not be allowed.
"I want to send a message that if we don't stop China today, tomorrow it
will be too late," said demonstrator Dao Minh Chu, as he was pushed away
from the park near China's embassy, where last week around 500 people
gathered without interference from authorities. Those protests were covered
enthusiastically by state media, a clear sign of state sanction.
China is a vital economic trade partner for Vietnam, and business links have
grown in recent years. While they share a political ideology and a
commitment to authoritarianism, the two countries also have a long history
of bad blood. Many Vietnamese harbor deep resentment over what they see as
China's bullying and economic exploitation of Beijing's far smaller neighbor.
They have often sparred over overlapping claims in the South China Sea,
which is believed to have significant oil and gas deposits.
China has been much more assertive in pressing its territorial claims in
recent years, often bringing into it into dispute with Vietnam and the
Philippines. Spats have broken out over fishing rights and oil exploration
missions in recent years, but the placement of the rig 220 kilometers (136
miles) off the coast of Vietnam was considered especially provocative.
Vietnam's government doesn't allow basic political freedoms and routinely
arrested free speech activists and others challenging one-party rule. Anti-
China protests are one of the few opportunities for public gatherings in
Vietnam and also attract dissident groups, who often claim Hanoi is too soft
on Beijing.
Several well-known activists said they had been prevented from leaving their
homes to attend the rally.
"I think the best way is to allow people to protest," said La Viet Dung, a
frequent anti-China protester, adding that police visited him late Saturday
asking him not to attend. "They say they are preventing people from
protesting because they are worried about extremist actions and violence,
but that is not logical."
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Dinh reported from Ho Chi Minh City. Associated Press writer Louise Watt in
Beijing contributed to this report. | n******i
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发帖数: 1240 | 3 周五和一个中国同事去附近的一个越南店吃pho。 吃的过程中，一个waitress上来问我
们是哪里人，是不是大陆的？有点莫名其妙，以前去过无数次了也从来没人问过。不过
回家之后啥事也没有。
看来下次真的不能去了，可惜啊，这东西自己还不太好做
【在 n******i 的大作中提到】
: 现在去吃越南饭馆，轻则饭里被人吐口水，重责更恶心甚至有害的东西。
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发帖数: 24729 | 4 这越芳女脑壳灌了水，不想做了！谁问俺这，俺直接问管事儿的，要文斗还是舞斗？要
不要俺叫警察进后厨搜搜墨墨儿？
【在 l**o 的大作中提到】
: 周五和一个中国同事去附近的一个越南店吃pho。 吃的过程中，一个waitress上来问我
: 们是哪里人，是不是大陆的？有点莫名其妙，以前去过无数次了也从来没人问过。不过
: 回家之后啥事也没有。
: 看来下次真的不能去了，可惜啊，这东西自己还不太好做
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