U.S. Competes With China for Vietnam's Allegiance
2006-06-18
Vietnam's leaders have made plain they want the United States on their side for equilibrium against China, a longtime occupier. Vietnam, though an ideological ally of Beijing, fears an expanding Chinese sphere of influence and being reduced to an economic appendage by China, its northern neighbor.
It has fought wars against China, most recently in 1979. But now, relations have "never been so good," said Ton Nu Thi Ninh, the vice chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the National Assembly.
"But that doesn't mean they're perfect," she added.
The Bush administration, also concerned about Beijing's designs in Asia, is happy to provide a counterweight.
you are joking ~~! :blush:nurizeko said:I really hope China doesnt reach some power-point where they feel they are un-stoppable and go on a invasion spree, war isnt good for most bussiness, and denying the Chinese ever growing middle-class their luxuries wont help internal stability.
Oh god I'm worried, China, please please please dont do anything stupid like start a Third world war. :souka:
Lol.
nurizeko said:if China becomes a super-power chances are its going to wrestle with the united states for military supremacy in Asia, though I dont think China is the kind of country to send its army to far-flung corners of the world.
1) That's not true. I post news that is relative to various things. Remember news is often negative, but that doesn't mean that the person who posts it is against a country. You should learn to think on a wider scope.ricecake said:Your posting log has over 200 cut/pasted news articles dedicated to anti-China and pro-Japan last 2 years
Who do you think you're kidding? Your political spamming is outrageous.Wang said:I don't spam and I'm not anti China. I post news about China that's relevant and useful to read.
No, it has only started invading countries recently. Sucessfully with Tibet and unsucessfully with Vietnam. I'm sure countries such as Japan, Taiwan and South Korea feel very safe next to a one party, militaristic, nuclear power.4321go said:you are joking ~~! :blush:
Why you think China is so dangerous.
you know ,China didn't invade other country for nearly 1,000 years.It has no value for the Chinese to conquer the neighbor ~ unlike some resourc-lack and bellicose country~
Supervin said:Who do you think you're kidding? Your political spamming is outrageous.
I'm surprised that the moderators haven't given you a warning already for your trolling.
Supervin said:The fact that you're openly Taiwan separationist does not help your cause in any way.
Supervin said:This is a NEWS forum - it's not a haven for your anti-China political garbage.
Supervin said:You start threads like there's no tomorrow. You only post articles that are very negative and scathing regarding China.
Come now, don't mislead people.Wang said:I post news that show recent problems that are in China and need to be dealt with before they would turn out even worse. That is all.
Supervin said:Come now, don't mislead people.
There's a stark difference between posting ONLY the denouncing, negative news in the China forums and posting nothing of the sort in the Japan and Korea news forums.
Anybody who checks your threads can see that.
'Normal news articles'? China has more news than the negative, scathing ones that you spam.Wang said:I'm surprised that you think all this news immediately must mean that the poster is against a country which is not the case. Youfre a outrage for going not being able to tolerate normal news articles.
Like I said, this is a NEWS forum. Not a place for you to spread your Taiwan separationist, anti-China political bias.Wang said:I support freedom and democracy not corruption, control and oppression. If this can only be achieved through separation then so be it.
Supervin said:'Normal news articles'? China has more news than the negative, scathing ones that you spam.
Supervin said:Like I said, this is a NEWS forum. Not a place for you to spread your Taiwan separationist, anti-China political bias.
Any moderator can check your threads to see your overwhelming political spamming.Wang said:I'm not misleading anybody. The problems in Korea and Japan are nowhere near as big and plentifull compared to the problems and issues in China. You think people who post negative news is wrong while most news is usually negative.
Look, you're going around in circles.Wang said:Sure there is more news. However I think the negative news needs to get the most attention so it may have a higher chance of being solved somewhow and that people can think about that. Negative news is normal news too.
Supervin said:Any moderator can check your threads to see your overwhelming political spamming.
Supervin said:Open any newspaper or browse the CNN/BBC and you'll see news about China. They don't consist of only negativity. There are more news to China than your political excerpts.
There are issues in every country.Wang said:It's not spamming at all. Like I said these are serious issues in China. Not spam, but real things that are really happening. People can try to turn away from it and look at pretty pictures or fantasy stories but that won't help solve these things it would just make them worse.
Some staff members may mostly write about problematic issues and not much about positive things.
Supervin said:There are issues in every country.
There is also a lot of positive news in China that also occur on a massive unprecedented scale.Wang said:Many issues that are in China occur on a massive unprecedented scale.
Supervin said:There are also a lot of positive news in China that also occur on a massive unprecedented scale.
Supervin said:Again, you're going around in circles.
Issues are in every country. They are not exclusive to China nor they are the only news in China. This is beside the point.
I invite any user or moderator in this forum to tally up the number of denouncing news threads on China compared with that of Japan and Korea.
Your Taiwan separationist, anti-China political stance in your posts further adds the icing on the cake.
Supervin said:You're hilarious.
No one is being intolerant, so stop your counter accusations to obscure your political spamming.
It's not difficult to do: in the future, post both negative AND positive/neutral news about China like you do for the other two news forums.
Finally, stop making up a pathetic excuses for why you failed to post also the positive/neutral articles about China in addition to the negative ones.
Then you've already admitted to having bias when you post news excerpts under the pretext of your so-called 'reasons' and preferences. Case closed.Wang said:I don't make any excuses. You keep slamming and throwing false claims at me that I'm posting "obscure political spamming" and too much "negative" types of news. While I do that in fact like I've explained earlier for completely different reasons and I want to focus on the negative news. If you want to post mostly positive news then go ahead.
Stop making false claims and accusations that I post news for some kind of bad reasons while itfs actually for other reasons which I explained earlier and you continuously stubbornly refuse to accept apparently.