Chinese Boat Attacks, Sinks Vietnam Fishing Vessel, Vietnam Says

[icymist]

Source: Bloomberg News

A Chinese vessel attacked and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat in disputed waters off Vietnam’s coast, Vietnam’s foreign ministry said.

“It sank,” ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said of the Vietnamese vessel. “It was rammed by a Chinese boat.”

The 10 fishermen on board were rescued by other Vietnamese boats after the sinking yesterday around 17 nautical miles (19.5 miles) from a Chinese oil rig located near the contested Paracel Islands, Vietnam News reported.

Vietnamese ship DNa 90152 operating out of Danang was encircled by 40 Chinese fishing vessels in what Vietnam regards as its exclusive economic zone, the newspaper said.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-27/chinese-boat-attacks-sinks-vietnam-fishing-vessel-vietnam-says.html

[Shemp Howard]

1. Take a look at what China is claiming as its own.

Four nations border on the northern portion of South China Sea: China, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia. China does not want this region to be equally divided between these four countries.

Instead, China wants ALL OF IT, almost up to the beaches of the other three countries. China is even claiming water that is further south than is Ho Chi Minh City! This is very, very disturbing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dotted_line

[Ash_F]

2. Not good.

[DeSwiss]

3. This is a thing they do.....

In fact they're all doing it on the waters -- to each other -- instead of working it out before they set sail. The Chinese want to make everyone fear them instead of the US. The Japanese want the Chinese most of all to fear them. Taiwan, Phillipines, North & South Korea and Vietnam are pretty much po'd at all of them.

- This is a family feud that's been brewing since the Bronze Age. All America wants is the oil. And any other valuables lying around.

K&R

[Stryst]

4. We're so dependant

on the rare earth metals from China that I think the US would hesitate to punish them, even if they commit acts of war against our allies.

[DeSwiss]

5. That's why.....

... we're in Afghanistan.

- Well, that and their beautiful flowers:

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27728683