Message from China

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http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2011/01/31...bits-v-tigers/

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I haven't heard a peep from the Mainstream Media about the escalating situation between Vietnam and China. Tensions are very high in the area. Southeast Asia is a powder keg.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/ne...China-Sea-spat

'The recent South China Sea affair was because some countries took unilateral actions, harmed China's sovereignty and maritime rights, and made some speeches which do not conform with the facts,' ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters.
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A commentary on Tuesday in the Liberation Army Daily, the Chinese military's official newspaper, carried similar messages.
The newspaper said Vietnam's live-fire drills off its central coast on Monday could only worsen relations with China.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...75E1DJ20110615

China opposes external powers weighing in on territorial disputes in the South China Sea, it said on Tuesday after Vietnam said other countries, including the United States, could help defuse tensions over the potentially resource-rich region
Vietnam outlined the terms of a possible military draft, a move that experts called a signal meant to show the country was prepared to defend its interests, but Beijing's warning appeared aimed at Washington, which urged a collective solution to the sea tensions last year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110613...ritimemilitary

Vietnam put on a show of military strength in the tense South China Sea on Monday, risking the ire of Beijing in the face of a deepening maritime rift with its powerful neighbour.

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A similar cartoon could be made about the people of the U.S. who continue to drink the rightwing Koolaid about tax cuts for the rich and socialist Medicare.