[Vnbiz] Truong Sa/Hoang Sa

Sat Jan 19 07:02:09 PST 2008

Dear chi Nhung and All,
I, too, believe some sort of conference/chat would be considered necessary at some point, as anh Shane has alluded to elsewhere in this thread that this story is NOT going away any time soon. And for that reason I will continual my attempt to garnish some international support for Viet Nam, especially as the members of the US Congress are prepareing to hold hearing on China with its top Commanders in the Pacific. However, I must tell you I am not a reporter, if anything at all I fancy myself as a wanna be commentary writer. Once again thanks for thinking of that. What is Skype?
L&P,
Thuy

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From: Nguyen Hong Nhung <nhungrouters at gmail.com>
To: vnbiz at vietlinks.net
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:04:21 PM
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Dear Thuy,
I work as a reporter like you (and like some other anh, chi in here) so probably I can guess what we all need to complete a news story, which is not-only-a-story… =)
To all reporters in this forum, what do you think about setting up a meeting & distant meeting (through skype) for chit chatting after Feb 15?
Look forward to hearing from you,
-nhung

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Vietnam Investment Review - TIMEOUT 
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From: vnbiz-bounces at mail.saigon.com [mailto:vnbiz-bounces at mail.saigon.com] On Behalf Of Thuy Reed
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 5:20 AM
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You are a big help chi Nhung. Thanks a bunch. You must be a mind reader!
L&P,
Thuy

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From: Nhung Nguyen <nhungrouters at gmail.com>
To: vnbiz at vietlinks.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:11:02 PM
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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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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Thank you all for your kind comments. Thanks anh Phong! You are right on, as always. 
L&P,
Thuy Red

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Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:49:30 PM
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It's well written article. Thanks chi Thuy.
Keep posting your articles. 

Cheers,
Thanh

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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

"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. 
Thank you,
Diedre A. Ware
Asst. to the Editor
OpEd and Sunday Current
213 237-7939
fax 213 237-7968

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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 

Coming On Strong, With Her Neighbors
Illuminating China `.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(tm)s Weakness

by Thuy Reed

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 . 

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.

The Spratlys island chain is about 25 nautical miles from
Vietnam `.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(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. 

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.

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 
China `.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(tm)s creeping policy.

In 1999, about the same time Congressman Christopher Cox reported to the
United States Congress that 13 of China `.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(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 `.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.oedisarmament should not
become a tool for stronger nations to control weaker
ones.`.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.`.0?`./'`.0'`./?

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 !

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 People`.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(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 Japan `.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(tm)s
attempt to widen her sphere of influence and then by
China `.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(tm)s own domestic revolutionary agendas.

And thanks to the world`.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(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
today`.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(tm)s world we all make it and break it 
together.

As a matter of fact, Beijing should take advantage of the situation --
enjoying a superpower`.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(tm)s status without
shouldering superpower`.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0? `./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(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.

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 China `.0?`./`. `.0'`./`.(`.0'`./`.#`.0?`./`.?`.0'`./'`.0'`./`.(tm)s nationalistic
claim on Taiwan .

Thuy Reed, Founder/Director 
New Viet Women Foundation
569 W 23rd Street
San Pedro CA 90731
Tel.: 310-521-8616
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Vietnam Investment Review - TIMEOUT 
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