Why is China acting like a bully? China’s latest aggressive act: the placement of an oil rig not far from Vietnam’s coast, in waters contested by both Beijing and Hanoi. Like Tibet China wants occupy Vietnam, but has failed so far.
Anti Chinese riots in Vietnam after China tries to
Fury has gripped Vietnam after Chinese state energy firm CNOOC deployed dozens of ships two weeks ago and towed a $1 billion oil rig to a location 240 kilometers (150 miles) off Vietnam’s coast in an area both counties claim.
Fighting between Vietnamese and Chinese workers broke out
Re: China-Vietnam border tensions. Why is China acting like a bully?
Vietnam is deadly against China's oil rig in the waters of the Paracel islands which are claimed not only by Vietnam and China, but Taiwan also. China is angered by increasing Vietnam-US trade relations and does not want much US trade activities on the south China sea. Then their are some longstanding issues like Hanoi's treatment of China-backed communist fighters who had fought against the US in support of Vietnamese army. Beijing and Hanoi are locked in some other island dispute also. Though the present wave of strikes and violence against Chinese business interests in Vietnam is being shown as a public reaction against harsh working conditions in Chinese factories and low wages, but one can clearly see the real factors that are adding fuel to the fire.
Re: China-Vietnam border tensions. Why is China acting like a bully?
There are Chinese minority in many countries like Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines. And because of these actions, Chinese are attacked in these countries. There are Anti-Chinese riots in Indonesia and now Vietnam.