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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:10 AM Mar 2013

Vietnam accuses China of attack on fishermen in South China Sea

Source: Reuters

Vietnam has accused China of opening fire on a fishing boat in the disputed South China Sea and burning down its cabin, charges denied by Beijing on Tuesday as tensions resurface over sovereignty in the energy-rich waters.

Claims by an increasingly powerful China over most of the South China Sea have set it directly against U.S. allies Vietnam and the Philippines. Brunei, Taiwan and Malaysia also claim parts of the waters and China has a separate dispute with Japan in the East China Sea.

A statement posted on the Vietnamese government's website said the trawler was chased away and came under attack from Chinese ships near the Paracel islands on March 20, calling the incident a breach of international maritime law.

Vietnam's state-controlled newspapers showed photographs on Tuesday of what they said were the charred remains of the ship's cabin. "This is a very serious case, violating Vietnam's sovereignty," the Foreign Ministry said in the statement posted late on Monday.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/26/us-vietnam-china-idUSBRE92P0A420130326

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Vietnam accuses China of attack on fishermen in South China Sea (Original Post) Bosonic Mar 2013 OP
"...U.S. allies Vietnam....." madrchsod Mar 2013 #1
After we left Vietnam and the country was reunified China resumed its centuries old hostility with grantcart Apr 2013 #5
This territorial dispute is only going to get worse Franker65 Apr 2013 #2
Most, if not all of China's Iron Ore production is "Seaborne" happyslug Apr 2013 #4
as usual "denied by Beijing" Sunlei Apr 2013 #3

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
5. After we left Vietnam and the country was reunified China resumed its centuries old hostility with
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 12:08 PM
Apr 2013

Vietnam by invading it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino_vietnam_war

I was one of the first Americans to return to Vietnam and was surprised when the only topic of interest from the government's point of view was normalizing diplomatic relationships.

Franker65

(299 posts)
2. This territorial dispute is only going to get worse
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 06:03 AM
Apr 2013

Fishing is one thing but when it comes to obtaining natural resources, this is going to escalate sharply. If you look at statistics on something like seaborne iron-ore demand, China comes way ahead of everyone else in the region. But hopefully Vietnam, the Philippines and other nations in Asia will bond together in an attempt to stop any bullying...

 

happyslug

(14,779 posts)
4. Most, if not all of China's Iron Ore production is "Seaborne"
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 10:56 AM
Apr 2013

in 2010 China produced over 900 Million Metric Tons of Iron Ore. Given your cites use 2009 and 2012 numbers, it looks like China has increase Iron ore Production over the last few years mostly from Seaborne Iron Ore Deposits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_iron_ore_production

But it is very poor Iron Ore. For example the US has 6900 metric tons of iron with an iron content of 2900 million tons (42% Iron Ore), China has 23,200 Metric Tons of Iron Ore Reserves (including seaborne Iron ore) but it only contains 7200 of actual Iron Ore (31% Iron ore).

http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/mcs-2011-feore.pdf

The Big Three when it comes to total Iron Ore Reserves are Brazil, Australia and Russian. none of which have any "seaborne iron ore" and thus NOT mentioned in your reference. The Ukraine is #4 in iron ore reserves, with China in 5th place on the list of countries with Iron Ore Reserves.

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