(BGF) – Vietnam government appeared to approve the demonstrations to communicate its anger over what it sees as Beijing’s aggressive infringement of Vietnamese sovereignty. Hundreds of people across Vietnam have protested against China’s role in a sea dispute, BBC reported.
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Vietnam protesters attack China over sea dispute
May 11, 2014
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Hundreds of people across Vietnam have protested against China’s role in a sea dispute – the largest rallies of their kind recently in the communist country.
In the capital, Hanoi, demonstrators sang patriotic songs and held up placards opposite the Chinese embassy.
Tensions have been running high after Vietnamese ships clashed with Chinese vessels guarding an oil rig in a contested area of the South China Sea.
The protests appear to have the Vietnamese government’s approval.
The country’s communist authorities have broken up previous anti-China demonstrations because of fears that they may be hijacked by pro-democracy activists, says the BBC’s Asia Pacific editor, Charles Scanlon.
Nevertheless, he says, Hanoi has also used the demonstrations to communicate its anger over what it sees as Beijing’s aggressive infringement of Vietnamese sovereignty.
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