A series of major German news outlets on May 27 posted articles andphotos highlighting a Chinese vessel sinking a Vietnamese fishingboat in the East Sea.
According to Die Zeit newspaper, avessel from China obviously rammed and sank the Vietnamese boat. Itquoted an official from the Vietnam’s rescue force as confirming theincident, and stating that the 10 fishermen on board were all safelyrescued.
The incident occurred near the oil rig that China hasillegally positioned within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone andcontinental shelf. Before being attacked, the Vietnamese boat wasencircled by around 40 Chinese boats.
The Deutsche WirtschaftNachrichten (DWN) newspaper quoted Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry SpokesmanLe Hai Binh as describing the clash as the most serious of its kindbetween Vietnam and China since 2007.
The Der Spiegelnewspaper quoted a Vietnamese senior official as denouncing China’s actas a “terrorist attack” and asserting that Vietnam will use alldiplomatic means to protest the act.
The Deutsche Welle (DW) publication also reported that Vietnam has accused China of sinking its fishing boat.
China’s claim of sovereignty over more than two-thirds of the East Seaarea has incurred condemnation from coastal countries like Vietnam andthe Philippines.
Apart from these newspapers, many other German media sources decried China’s blatantly illegal behaviour in the East Sea.
At the beginning of May 2014, China illegally dispatched the rigHaiyang Shiyou-981 and a large fleet of armed vessels, military shipsand aircraft to Vietnam’s waters and positioned the rig 80 miles deepinto Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
On May 27, China moved the rig to 15 degrees 33.38 minutes northlatitude and 111 degrees 34.62 minutes east longitude. The new locationis 25 nautical miles from Tri Ton Island in Vietnam ’s Hoang Saarchipelago and 23 nautical miles east-northeast from the old location, still completely within Vietnam ’s continental shelf. With themove, China has kept on violating Vietnam’s sovereign right andjurisdiction.-VNA
According to Die Zeit newspaper, avessel from China obviously rammed and sank the Vietnamese boat. Itquoted an official from the Vietnam’s rescue force as confirming theincident, and stating that the 10 fishermen on board were all safelyrescued.
The incident occurred near the oil rig that China hasillegally positioned within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone andcontinental shelf. Before being attacked, the Vietnamese boat wasencircled by around 40 Chinese boats.
The Deutsche WirtschaftNachrichten (DWN) newspaper quoted Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry SpokesmanLe Hai Binh as describing the clash as the most serious of its kindbetween Vietnam and China since 2007.
The Der Spiegelnewspaper quoted a Vietnamese senior official as denouncing China’s actas a “terrorist attack” and asserting that Vietnam will use alldiplomatic means to protest the act.
The Deutsche Welle (DW) publication also reported that Vietnam has accused China of sinking its fishing boat.
China’s claim of sovereignty over more than two-thirds of the East Seaarea has incurred condemnation from coastal countries like Vietnam andthe Philippines.
Apart from these newspapers, many other German media sources decried China’s blatantly illegal behaviour in the East Sea.
At the beginning of May 2014, China illegally dispatched the rigHaiyang Shiyou-981 and a large fleet of armed vessels, military shipsand aircraft to Vietnam’s waters and positioned the rig 80 miles deepinto Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
On May 27, China moved the rig to 15 degrees 33.38 minutes northlatitude and 111 degrees 34.62 minutes east longitude. The new locationis 25 nautical miles from Tri Ton Island in Vietnam ’s Hoang Saarchipelago and 23 nautical miles east-northeast from the old location, still completely within Vietnam ’s continental shelf. With themove, China has kept on violating Vietnam’s sovereign right andjurisdiction.-VNA
