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What the hell happened. It looks like those windows were shot out with a high powered rifle.
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There was a gun battle yesterday, injuring two workers. They are being treated at the Cho Ray Hospital.
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Btw, on a more personal note, why do you get worked up and angry about stuff like this? Worry about stuff you can change (ie not this). Honestly Vietnam's options are limited. Its the much smaller country and less developed (due to timing and history). Vietnam is a lot less developed than Japan, SK or Taiwan. Much of that is due to the timing of free trade agreements...... research that and educate yourself. Vietnam was only given WTO-level free trade with the US (by far the biggest trade market) in 2001, only 10 years ago (Vietnam only joined the WTO in 2007 but the US gave Vietnam "Most Favored Nation" trade status in 2001). http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...sections_world Quote:
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I truly believe, the presence of the U.S. 7th Fleet in the Vietnamese water will ensure the security and stability of this key region. It is the largest of the forward deployed U.S. fleets, with 50-60 ships, 350 aircraft and 60,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel. This should keep the Chinese at bay. The U.S. is never weak on firepower 2) Quote:
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I wonder what was discussed in the "U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue" last month. I mean, they were there for an entire week, so they must have discussed the South China Sea.
=== Some of the participants in the military talks (behind closed doors) were as follows: Chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army: Chen Bingde Deputy chief of the general staff of China's People's Liberation Army: Gen. Ma Xiaotian US Defense Secretary: Robert Gates U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for policy: Michele Flournoy Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff: Mike Mullen Commander of US Pacific Command: Robert F. Willard === I expect Clinton and her chinese equivalent would have been chairing the discussions though. |
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Hm... I wonder what Defense Secretary Gates will say tomorrow
Gates notes ‘positive trajectory’ in US-China military relations http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...qHH_story.html By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, June 3, 11:21 AM SINGAPORE — Military relations between the U.S. and China are now on “a more positive trajectory” after recent setbacks, but the two countries should do more to strengthen ties and work together to solve regional problems, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. In opening remarks at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Liang Guanglie, Gates said the two governments agree that the military aspect of their overall relationship is “underdeveloped.” Some progress toward correcting that imbalance has been made in recent months, Gates said, noting his own visit to Beijing in January and other high-level defense exchanges. “As I leave office at the end of this month, I believe that our military relationship is on a more positive trajectory,” Gates said. He noted that Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has accepted an invitation to visit China in July. In response, Liang told Gates that he, too, believes the relationship is improving. Reporters were escorted from the defense chiefs’ meeting room before Liang finished his opening remarks. They met on the opening day of the Shangri-La Dialogue, the pre-eminent annual Asian security conference, where Gates will deliver a policy speech Saturday. In what Gates and others see as an encouraging sign, China for the first time chose to send its defense minister to the conference, now in its 10th year. Guanglie is scheduled to deliver a keynote address on Sunday, one day after Gates departs. A central theme of Gates’ message in Singapore is that Asian nations should not believe that impending U.S. defense budget cuts will lead to a smaller U.S. military presence in Asia. U.S. officials are concerned that some in the region could tilt toward China if they believe they are being abandoned by the U.S. or perceive less-sturdy assurances of American support in the long run. The main U.S. military presence in Asia is in Japan and South Korea, but Washington also has close military ties to the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and Singapore. The Pentagon is in the midst of an internal review of its force alignment in the region, with the outcome expected to call for a wider range of military exchanges, exercises and ship, aircraft and troop rotations in Southeast Asia. How that is achieved will depend to a large degree on how deeply the Pentagon cuts its budget in coming years. President Barack Obama on April 13 announced a plan to reduce defense spending by $400 billion over the next 12 years, and some in Congress — as well as some independent analysts — are calling for far deeper reductions. With an end in sight for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, defense savings are central to a broader effort to shrink government deficits. Gates has made relations with China a priority during his 4½ years as defense secretary, recognizing its increasing economic strength and a military modernization program that is proceeding apace even as the U.S. faces budget constraints. The US-China relationship is fraught with friction on many fronts: trade and economic policy, regional and global politics, and defense policy. The latest stir is over allegations that computer hackers in China broke into Google’s email system, and that personal Gmail accounts of several hundred people, including senior U.S. government officials, had been exposed. he Obama administration said Thursday that the FBI is investigating, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters, “These allegations are very serious.” Google said it traced the origin of the attacks to Jinan, China, the home city of a military vocational school whose computers were linked to a more sophisticated attack on Google’s systems 17 months ago. In early 2010 China froze military-to-military relations with the U.S. in protest of an announced $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan, the autonomous island that Beijing sees as a renegade province. U.S. law requires weapons support to ensure Taiwan’s self-defense. In remarks to reporters traveling with him earlier this week, Gates said he doubts China aims to match U.S. military power but thinks it is tailoring its buildup in ways that will extend its influence in Asia. “The Chinese have learned a powerful lesson from the Soviet experience,” he said, alluding to the economic burden — ultimately unsustainable — that the Soviets bore in trying to keep up with Washington in a Cold War arms race. “But I think they are intending to build capabilities that give them a considerable freedom of action in Asia and the opportunity to extend their influence,” he said. He cited as examples anti-ship missiles, cyber weapons and anti-satellite weapons. He did not mention Taiwan by name, but there is a worry in Washington that the Chinese are seeking the means to compel Taiwan to reunite with the mainland — by force if necessary. Gates denies that the U.S. is trying to contain China. He says the U.S. accepts that Beijing will remain a global power into the foreseeable future. For that reason it is important that the U.S. remain willing to talk directly with Chinese leaders, he said. “We are not trying to hold China down,” Gates said Thursday. “China has been a great power for thousands of years. It is a global power, and it will be a global power.” |
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China doesn't like heavy U.S. naval presence in Asian water because the US Navy will keep them at bay.
Gates pledges wider US military presence in Asia SINGAPORE — In a parting pitch to Asian allies, retiring U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Pentagon is considering steps to widen its military presence across the Pacific Rim. He said budget woes won't interfere. "America is, as the expression goes, putting `our money where our mouth is' with respect to this part of the world - and will continue to do so," he told Asia's premier security conference, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, on Saturday. On his final overseas trip before stepping down June 30 — and his seventh to Asia in the last 18 months — Gates insisted that Americans' war weariness and debt worries should not be seen as setting the stage for a shrinking of U.S. commitments in Asia. On the leading sources of U.S. security concerns in Asia — North Korea and China — he made only brief mention. But he did highlight a Pentagon commitment to developing ways of countering "anti-access" technologies of the kind that the U.S. says China is working on — advanced anti-ship missiles, for example, that could make it harder for U.S. aircraft carriers and other warships to operate in Asia seas. On Friday evening, Gates met with his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Liang Guanglie. Gates told Liang that he believes the military-to-military relationship is "on a positive trajectory," after a series of setbacks in recent years. .Liang said he agreed that defense ties are getting better and that they deserve still more attention. The main elements of friction remain, however. China still claims control of waters the U.S. considers international. Chinese ambition for influence in Southeast Asia and elsewhere still makes smaller nations uneasy, while Beijing dislikes the heavy U.S. naval presence in Asian waters and builds up its military with weaponry only logically intended for use against the U.S. A new irritant was introduced this week, with allegations that computer hackers in China had compromised the personal Gmail accounts of several hundred people, including U.S. government officials, military personnel and political activists. The Chinese military tried to direct the spotlight off those allegations Friday, with accusations that the U.S. is launching a global "Internet war" to bring down Arab and other governments. The FBI said it was investigating Google's allegations, but no official government email accounts have been compromised. Google said all the hacking victims have been notified and their accounts have been secured. U.S. officials said the Google matter did not arise in Gates' meeting with Liang Friday. In his speech Saturday, Gates said friends and foes gauging U.S. intentions should monitor more than the number of U.S. troops on the ground in Asia. "In the coming years, the United States military is also going to be increasing its port calls, naval engagements and multilateral training efforts with multiple countries throughout the region," he said. "These types of activities not only broaden and deepen our relationship with friends and allies, but help build partner capacity to address regional challenges." Gates offered two examples. He said the U.S. is considering a range of actions to strengthen military ties to Australia and the city-state of Singapore. These include increasing the combined U.S.-Australian naval presence in the region to be able to respond more quickly to humanitarian disasters and expanding joint training with Singapore's forces to help prepare for the "challenges both militaries face operating in the Pacific," he said. Gates also said the U.S. would deploy to Singapore a newly developed warship known as the littoral combat ship, which is a smaller combat vessel designed to operate close to shorelines rather than in the open ocean. They will not be home ported in Singapore but will operate there on occasion, according to a senior U.S. defense official who discussed the matter on condition of anonymity in advance of Gates' speech. "These programs are on track to grow and evolve further in the future, even in the face of new threats abroad and fiscal challenges at home, ensuring that that we will continue to meet our commitments as a 21st century Asia-Pacific nation - with appropriate forces, posture, and presence," Gates said. President Barack Obama on April 13 announced a plan to reduce defense spending by $400 billion over the next 12 years, and some in Congress — as well as some independent analysts — are calling for far deeper reductions. With an end in sight for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, defense savings are central to a broader effort to shrink government deficits. Gates acknowledged a perception that the U.S. could turn more inward-looking as it grapples with budget deficits and other domestic problems. "No doubt, fighting two protracted and costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has strained the U.S. military's ground forces and worn out the patience and appetite of the American public for similar interventions in the future," he said. "On the domestic front, the United States is emerging from a serious recession with huge budget deficits and growing debt that is putting new scrutiny and downward pressure on the U.S. defense budget." And he said there are "still some myopic souls" who will argue that the U.S. cannot sustain its role in the Asia-Pacific area, given other high-priority security challenges such as uncertain democracy moves in the Middle East and North Africa, instability in Pakistan and global terrorist threats. During a question-and-answer session with members of his audience after the speech, Gates said the U.S. and its allies fighting in Afghanistan will have to keep up military pressure on the Taliban in order to eventually reach a peace deal. "The Taliban are probably a part of the political fabric of Afghanistan at this point," he said, so they could have a political role in the future. But to get to the point of a possible negotiated settlement, the Taliban will have to "begin to conclude that they cannot win militarily, he said. As a Pentagon chief and former CIA director who has served in government for four decades under eight presidents, Gates' spoke with historical sweep of the ups and downs of America's security policy in Asia. "History's dustbin is littered with dictators and aggressors who underestimated America's resilience, will and underlying power," he said. This fits a theme Gates has stressed in a series of speeches over the past several weeks as he prepares to give way to a new Pentagon chief, Leon Panetta, who is scheduled for a Senate confirmation hearing June 9. Gates, 67, recalled the searing failure of U.S. military intervention in Vietnam in the early years of his career, which began in the CIA in 1966. What happened in the years that followed offer a lesson in U.S. staying power, he said. "Despite predictions to the contrary, America's setback in Vietnam did not spell the end of our engagement in Asia - in fact, as I mentioned earlier, we pursued a new relationship in China and have been expanding our defense partnerships in the region, including Vietnam, ever since," he said. He predicted that the U.S. and Asia will only become more closely linked over the course of this century. "Indeed, one of the most striking - and surprising - changes I've observed during my travels to Asia is the widespread desire across the region for stronger military-to-military relationships with the United States - much more so than during my last time in government 20 years ago." ___ http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/...S.Gates.China/ Last edited by vttnguyen; June 4th, 2011 at 06:31 AM. |
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Coolink does understand that Doehomey is a guy and not a gay? Although with someone as good looking as Coolink ... Doehomey might be willing to play on the same team as Coolink. Unfortunately Doehomey does not have any pictures available. Doehomey is willing to describe himself. Doehomey is similar in looks and handsomeness as Coolink. In fact, Doehomey's friends think that Coolink and Doehomey are twins. As a precaution, please don't visit California. You might be pepper sprayed by a cross dressing Siddude mistaking you for Doehomey. Also don't visit Vietnam because some corrupt officials might also mistake you for Doehomey. |
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If you work in Vietnamese customs, check for toxic and contraband items coming from China. Make those importing Chinese product pay a higher bribe so that a higher quality product from another country is cheaper then Chinese products. Do Vietnamese really need Chinese trade since Vietnam is at the loosing end? There are 1 billion Chinese but 6 billion non Chinese in this world. Why do Vietnamese companies buy telecom products from China when we all know that they are full of bugs for spying.? Pay a higher price from US and European companies and you know that there is a less likely chance that China is spying on you. Cheap price now means a higher price later in loss to Vietnamese independence. If you do all of this, be prepared for Chinese retaliation and hardship. But hardship and independence is probably better then being Tibetian or Uighur or Inner Mongolians. |
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VC were the ones who invited 300,000 Chinese into North Vietnam during the war!!! LOL VC had Chinese advisors at Dien Bien Phu. VC leaders like Vo Nguyen Giap always had homo love for their Chinese friends like Mao and Zhou En Lai. They always proclaim Chicom and VC are like "lips and teeth"!! ![]() What happened to Chicom and VC love affair? They both wanted communism for Asia so stop complaining dumb Viet Cong!! Go kiss your Chinese masters!! )
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Going higher, Why don't YOU get out of America?? Go back to assHo city and proclaim your love for VC there? You certainly ain't no refugee from communism! One thing that is disturbing is sickos who have no conscience who out of luck or guile made out of VC land by pretending to hate communists and seek refugee status in the West. Once accepted to Western society actually praises the very society he supposedly escaped from. That's is hypocrisy and opportunism. Don't expect a European Jew who escape Nazi Germany to Israel to praise Nazi Germany in Israel. Get my drift, little twerp? Go home to Hanoi since you love uncle Ho and his sickos so much. DO NOT LEECH OFF AMERICAN society which has a Constitution with a bill of rights and free speech etc. etc.. You like to be a Viet cong slave so go back to your ZOO, aka: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. You do not belong in America. Remember when you take the oath of US citizenship there is a question: have you been a member or supporter of the Communist Party? I can imagine your answer little twerp!!! Remember uncle Ho loves you very much so go home to Hanoi. tomorrow, if you need a ticket, I can help. Last edited by Siddude; June 5th, 2011 at 06:20 AM. |
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![]() Still too dumb DOEHOMey to say anything meaningful or of substance? Why the personal attack? It is sooooooooooooo VIXI!!!!! Remember a mind is a terrible thing to waste. But on a VC they never had one to begin with so it is not really a waste. LOL Only idiots die and wage war over a stupid European fairy tale concocted by a Euro Jew loser... I think we know what and who we are referring to. Let's make April 30th a VC Halloween day!! LOL We can dress up in VC commie outfit rob people of their possession and call it redistribution and people's justice. ![]() Next Doehomey when explain to us the theoretical benefits of Marxism and Leninism because I ask this before and Doehomey still has not answer? Why the silence?? Just make something up. Only 5 communist Marxist Leninist states in the whole wide world left!!! ha ha ha ha ha ........... |
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![]() ![]() Doehomey resigns in Australia and supporting Communism and loving UNcle Ho, so posting doehomey picture is like suicidal eh ![]()
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I remember Doehomey said something like Doehomey is only here for building and skyscraper, but after 4 yrs and over 100 posts we know buildings aren't the subject of desire......doehomey is here for the love of Uncle Ho and Communism partay.....
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![]() ![]() to wrap things up.......coolink loves doehomey style.... the 19 century speech and all these literary devices and empty rhetorics ......just to cover up the love for Uncle Ho and communism ![]()
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Hundreds in Vietnam Protest Against China Involvement in Nearby Waters
It seems to be mostly young Vietnamese people protesting in Hanoi, which is nice to see imo.
From the article, the Philippines also just filed a protest with the UN over this. So this isn't really a "communism in Vietnam" issue..... its more of a small country vs big country issue. Or, to put it bluntly, plain bullying by China. Hopefully the US can be some kind of counterweight to China in the region. But how effective they can act as a counterweight is in question. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...Tabs%3Darticle Quote:
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