[Vnbiz] Truong Sa/Hoang Sa

Wed Jan 16 20:11:02 PST 2008

Dear Thuy,
I've run into one more resource for your reference:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-Vu7viS0laaeZd4RQ7woX3YU-?cq=1&l=6&u=10&mx=355&lmt=5
Best,
-nhung

On 16/01/2008, Thuy Reed <lthh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> Thank you all for your kind comments. Thanks anh Phong! You are right on,
> as always.
> L&P,
> Thuy Red
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> It's well written article. Thanks chi Thuy.
> Keep posting your articles.
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> Dear Brothers and Sisters,
> The enclosed article was written for the LA Times. It was beat out by
> pieces about the race issue in 2008 election. This is my attempt to reach
> the outside world. May I share it here?
> L&P,
> Thuy Reed
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> "Ware, Diedre" <Diedre.Ware at latimes.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your submission to the Los Angeles Times OpEd page.
> Unfortunately, we are unable to use your piece. We do thank you for
> considering The Times and wish you luck in placing it elsewhere.
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> Diedre A. Ware
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thuy Reed [mailto:newvietwomen at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:43 AM
> To: oped at latimes.com
> Subject: Att.: Nicholas Goldberg/The Disputed Spratlys
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> Coming On Strong, With Her Neighbors
> Illuminating Chinaர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s Weakness
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> by Thuy Reed
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> As if to test the water, within two weeks China announced and withdrew
> plans to set up a governmental unit of county level, on the two
> uninhabited ar chipelagos i n the South China Sea that are currently
> claimed in full or in part by China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia,
> and the Philippines.
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> There have been talks at the international level concerning the ownership
> of
> these claims in New York and elsewhere. The United States has reiterated
> that we will not take sides, as well as our intention to keep that part of
> the Pacific Rim fluid to all. According to Carl Thayer, a long time
> Vietnam watcher of the Australian Defense Force Academy, China holds an
> edge over other claimants in this adverse taking of possession, for no
> nation in the region wishes to have a military confrontation with China.
>
> Neither would Beijing is looking to war. The entire episole was meant to
> whipe up some nationalistic sentiment to lift their minds from their many
> troubles at home.
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> The Spratlys island chain is about 25 nautical miles from
> Vietnamர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s seaside resort Vung Tau, and is laced
> together by reefs and atolls with over 100 islets. The Paracels, taken by
> the Chinese forcibly in 1974 from the former South Vietnam, is about 17
> nautical miles from Da Nang and about one third the size of the other
> archipelago. During the Colonial Period, France and the then ruling
> dynasty of China signed a series of treaties inscribing the two
> archipelagos as territories of French Indochina. Japan occupied both
> during the Pacific War and returned them to the French Protectorate
> Government.
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> Economically speaking, both are considered to be teeming with sea life and
> have potential for large oil and gas reserves. National security speaking,
> Vietnam would be closed off from the world if both areas are controlled b
> y an unfriendly nation.
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> No other country in the world holds a more violent history against the
> people of Vietnam than their giant northern neighbor. It goes as far back
> as 111 years before Christ, and as recently as in 1998 where over 50
> Vietnamese sailors were killed
> in a clash on one of the Spratlys. Yet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
> China is issuing a diplomatic complaint, and making veiled threats about
> weakened ties, in response to rallies held in Vietnam against
> Chinaர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s creeping policy.
>
> In 1999, about the same time Congressman Christopher Cox reported to the
> United States Congress that 13 of Chinaர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s
> intercontinental nuclear warheads were aimed at American cities, President
> Jiang Zemin penned and distributed worldwide an article, trying to egg and
> shame the United Sta tes and Russia to cut down nuclear warheads, with an
> opening that stated ர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆoedisarmament should not
> become a tool for stronger nations to control weaker
> ones.ர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆர?ய'ர'ய?
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> Well, neither should encroachment become a tool for stronger nations to
> grab land from peaceful and weaker nations. Pick on someone your own size,
> China!
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> In fact, just because of her size, China should conduct herself with
> civility towards the neighboring countries. She needs them to survive. No,
> this has nothing to do with the fact that practically every household item
> in the world is made in that country. It is about too many mouths to feed
> in a country that suffers perpetual drought and shortage of food.
> The Peopleர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s Republic of China deserves credit
> for staging the great c omeback story of the century. It took sh eer
> dedication and wise choices to bring China up from destruction of
> historical proportions -- first by Japanர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s
> attempt to widen her sphere of influence and then by
> Chinaர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s own domestic revolutionary agendas.
>
> And thanks to the worldர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s enormous desires for
> all the inexpensive ready made goods that her people can produce, she is
> now rich enough to lend money even to the United States of America. Though
> one would have thought that in making herself into a supplier of household
> goods to the world, China has already figured out in
> todayர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s world we all make it and break it
> together.
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> As a matter of fact, Beijing should take advantage of the situation --
> enjoying a superpowerர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s status without
> shouldering superpowerர?யஉர'யநர'யணர? யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s responsibilities --
> and go totally high-tech in manufact ure as well as in agriculture to undo
> the rapid progression of desertification of arable land in China caused by
> drought and by over herding.
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> Fixing what ails China is a better way to galvanize nationalistic feeling.
> On the other hand, instigating a confrontation instead of offering a
> solution where all claimants can prosper together, Beijing has shown that
> she is not ready to be a global leader. She might be able to host the
> Olympics, but unable to provide solutions even to regional problems. This
> aggressive move cheapens Chinaர?யஉர'யநர'யணர?யிர'ய'ர'யஆ(tm)s nationalistic
> claim on Taiwan.
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> Thuy Reed, Founder/Director
> New Viet Women Foundation
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> San Pedro CA 90731
> Tel.: 310-521-8616
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