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Local News Writer: Thanida Tansubhapol, Achara Ashayagachat...
Bangkok joined China, Japan and Singapore in the calls amid growing worries about the situation in Vietnam. The Thai consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City and investors urged Vietnam to provide security...
They are preparing for regional war. Vietnam was the last nation to join ASEAN. These countries are incredible. They have harnessed the desire of their people to improve their quality of life and have moved forward to build economic infrastructure.
...RECOGNISING (click here)
the Declaration of ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II), which seeks to bring the ASEAN Vision 2020 into reality by setting the goal of building an ASEAN Community by 2020 comprising three pillars, namely political-security community, economic community and socio-cultural community, all of which are closely intertwined and mutually reinforcing for the purpose of ensuring durable peace, stability and shared prosperity in the region;
INSPIRED
by the spirit of a new ASEAN, as symbolised by the ASEAN Charter, we reaffirm our commitment to accelerating the establishment of the ASEAN Community, comprising the aforementioned three pillars, by 5 years to 2015, as agreed in Cebu, the Philippines in 2007;
EMPHASISING
that narrowing the development gap shall remain an important task to ensure the benefits of ASEAN integration are fully realized through effective implementation of the Initiative for ASEAN lntegration (IAl) and other sub-regional frameworks;
NOTING
with satisfaction the progress made so far under the series of action plans or programmes adopted to guide progress towards the realisation of the ASEAN Vision 2020, for example, the Hanoi Plan of Action (HPA), the Initiative for ASEAN lntegration (IAl) and the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP);...
The very worst thing that can happen in these circumstances is for the Thia military to completely dissolve the authority of their Foreign Ministers. I know it all seems wrong there should be relations between China and ASEAN right now, but, that is not the fault of the Ministers.
HA TINH PROVINCE, Vietnam — One Chinese laborer (click here) said angry Vietnamese
workers had stomped on his hands, crushing them. Another said his son
had been struck in the head with a metal rod by a Vietnamese mob that
had sought out Chinese for beatings. At least one Chinese worker died.
While
anti-Chinese violence in southern Vietnam earlier in the week targeted
foreign factories, the outburst of anger here in the nation’s center
took a more vindictive turn late Wednesday, with Vietnamese turning on
Chinese laborers. The violence in Ha Tinh appeared to be the worst
against Chinese since a territorial dispute inflamed anger in Vietnam.... Firefighters outside a Taiwanese bicycle factory in Binh Duong Province, one of scores of Chinese and other foreign-owned businesses that were burned and looted by anti-Chinese mobs. Credit Jeff Nesmith/Associated Press
The ASEAN countries need to bring their grievances to the United Nations. This is important to set an international tone for the best outcomes of their nations. The ASEAN countries need their ministers to carry out international pressure on China to return sovereign authority to Vietnam.
China needs to remove it's emigrant labor in Vietnam. China has invested the wrong way in Vietnam. It has no right to overshadow every aspect of Vietnam's borders as if they belong to China. The Vietnamese have a right to their sovereign nation.
Does China actually believe this is going to be a productive relationship? Ask the USA how easy it is to march into Vietnam and take over the country. China should know the Vietnamese are a people of resolve. China needs to reassess it's interests in Vietnam. While the government has seen it beneficial to bring Chinese interests to the country, it made a huge mistake in allowing Chinese businessmen and laborers to take over the economy. By doing so, it removed the jobs from the Vietnamese and they are nor will ever improved their quality of life. China is wrong and needs to allow investment WITHOUT occupation of the country. China has no right to drill for oil in Vietnam's sovereign waters.
And by China I also mean Taiwan. The USA will not be drawn into bloody confrontations because Taiwan doesn't know how to conduct itself in international business ventures.
The ASEAN countries need their natural resources and labor markets to insure the goals to be met by their countries. The governments cannot throw in with corruption because of monies from other larger nations such as China, including Taiwan. These countries will never develop their economies and improve the lives of their people if they are always at conflict with larger economies.
The United Nations needs to demand the USA to examine all military sales to Taiwan and be sure there are treaties that completely prevent hostile actions against ASEAN countries. These countries are not going to turn into another Nigeria. Absolutely not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
China has to respect these countries and remove Chinese workers from factories built within these countries. The citizens of these small nations have to be trained, not replaced, as laborers. The factories should serve to increase the wealth of the people within these countries as well as return profits to investors. The Chinese are doing this all wrong and the people won't tolerate it. They will over throw the governments that have entered into these trade agreements over and over if China continues on this path.
Russia has done nothing wrong in this particular case, but, this illustrates the run away train of international trade proving to victimize the sovereign citizens of the ASEAN nations.
MOSCOW, March 29 (2011) -- Thailand and Russia (click here) mutually agreed to strengthen
bilateral ties and foster closer cooperation between the two countries,
targeting to double the annual trade volume to US$10 billion in 2016....
The people of Thailand and most probably Vietnam see their leadership as a threat to them because of the actions of China recently.
While Russia is simply trying to build it's own trade relations with Thailand what is actually occurring is victimizing of the Thai people. China has brought investors to these nations, but, they have also allowed those investors to bring their own labor force as well. As a result the manufacturing taking place in these small countries aren't serving to bring the citizens out of poverty or improve the stability of governments. The recent actions by China in regard to oil drilling is viewed as 'the last straw' to the dissolution of their hope.
What is occurring is Chinese manufacturing and/or in the case of oil, extraction of natural resources that is then either imported duty free to China and/or sold to trading partners. Now, the ASEAN countries may receive monies into their treasuries for these transactions, but, that still doesn't interpret into better lives and/or national security for these nations. This form of economic exploitation of these nations has to end. The people have to be supported in developing their countries, educating their children and providing for the growth of their own Middle Classes. If China siphons off profits and interrupts any chance of these countries to reach their development goals, it will be met with events such as are occurring in Vietnam and Thailand right now.
The outcomes of these
summits required to foster the diplomatic activity in all spheres
towards intensification of a mutually advantageous trade, economic,
scientific and technical cooperation, establishment of an effective
interaction among regions of both countries....
China needs to remove it's emigrant labor in Vietnam. China has invested the wrong way in Vietnam. It has no right to overshadow every aspect of Vietnam's borders as if they belong to China. The Vietnamese have a right to their sovereign nation.
Does China actually believe this is going to be a productive relationship? Ask the USA how easy it is to march into Vietnam and take over the country. China should know the Vietnamese are a people of resolve. China needs to reassess it's interests in Vietnam. While the government has seen it beneficial to bring Chinese interests to the country, it made a huge mistake in allowing Chinese businessmen and laborers to take over the economy. By doing so, it removed the jobs from the Vietnamese and they are nor will ever improved their quality of life. China is wrong and needs to allow investment WITHOUT occupation of the country. China has no right to drill for oil in Vietnam's sovereign waters.
And by China I also mean Taiwan. The USA will not be drawn into bloody confrontations because Taiwan doesn't know how to conduct itself in international business ventures.
The ASEAN countries need their natural resources and labor markets to insure the goals to be met by their countries. The governments cannot throw in with corruption because of monies from other larger nations such as China, including Taiwan. These countries will never develop their economies and improve the lives of their people if they are always at conflict with larger economies.
The United Nations needs to demand the USA to examine all military sales to Taiwan and be sure there are treaties that completely prevent hostile actions against ASEAN countries. These countries are not going to turn into another Nigeria. Absolutely not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
China has to respect these countries and remove Chinese workers from factories built within these countries. The citizens of these small nations have to be trained, not replaced, as laborers. The factories should serve to increase the wealth of the people within these countries as well as return profits to investors. The Chinese are doing this all wrong and the people won't tolerate it. They will over throw the governments that have entered into these trade agreements over and over if China continues on this path.
Russia has done nothing wrong in this particular case, but, this illustrates the run away train of international trade proving to victimize the sovereign citizens of the ASEAN nations.
The people of Thailand and most probably Vietnam see their leadership as a threat to them because of the actions of China recently.
While Russia is simply trying to build it's own trade relations with Thailand what is actually occurring is victimizing of the Thai people. China has brought investors to these nations, but, they have also allowed those investors to bring their own labor force as well. As a result the manufacturing taking place in these small countries aren't serving to bring the citizens out of poverty or improve the stability of governments. The recent actions by China in regard to oil drilling is viewed as 'the last straw' to the dissolution of their hope.
What is occurring is Chinese manufacturing and/or in the case of oil, extraction of natural resources that is then either imported duty free to China and/or sold to trading partners. Now, the ASEAN countries may receive monies into their treasuries for these transactions, but, that still doesn't interpret into better lives and/or national security for these nations. This form of economic exploitation of these nations has to end. The people have to be supported in developing their countries, educating their children and providing for the growth of their own Middle Classes. If China siphons off profits and interrupts any chance of these countries to reach their development goals, it will be met with events such as are occurring in Vietnam and Thailand right now.
Basically. The Chinese investors will lose everything. And what if full scale war breaks out in the region? That won't help the interests of China or any other regional country. These small countries need peace. They can only proceed within peace. That does not mean they will abandon war if they believe their hard work will be dissolved by other nations for profits. These people have memory enough to realize where their priorities lie and how to achieve them when other larger nations believe they can simply throw their weight around.
...A major stride (click here) along the
road of advancing of our multifaceted cooperation was made in the years
2002-2003 when due to the efforts of the both sides the Russian-Thai
relations have reached the level of strategic partnership. A new era of
our bilateral relations was opened by the official visit of Mr.Thaksin
Shinawatra, the Prime Minister of Thailand, to Russia in October 2002,
and the State visit of Mr.Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian
Federation, to Thailand in October 2003. It was first ever visit to the
Kingdom of Thailand of a Head of State of Russia.
Do not mistake long standing relationships for treaties, they are not, nor will the people of these nations stand by and be exploited.
