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Chinas große Chance

31.12.2016 Von Angela Köckritz (Die Zeit) - ... In nur einem Monat hat Trump die amerikanisch-chinesischen Beziehungen kräftig aufgemischt. Nicht bloß, weil er offen mit dem Gedanken spielte, mit der Ein-China-Politik zu brechen, nach der Taiwan als Teil Chinas verstanden wird – und damit Peking entsetzte. Vor allem öffnet Trump China wirtschaftspolitisch neue Horizonte. So erklärte er, dass er bereits an seinem ersten Amtstag aus dem Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) aussteigen werde, einem ehrgeizigen Handelspakt, der zwölf pazifische Nationen umfasst. ...

Answers sought after steel plant disaster

31.12.2016 By Sun Hsin Hsuan (The China Post) - TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Eight months after a steel plant in Vietnam owned by Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics (台塑集團) caused one of the worst environmental disasters in the country's history, Taiwanese civic groups demanded answers from the company and the government. ...

Sechs Daten-Visualisierungen erklären das Plastikproblem

30.12.2016 Gianna-Carina Grün (DW) - Jedes einzelne Stück Plastik, das jemals produziert wurde, existiert noch heute auf Erden. Es ist sicher nicht mehr am selben Ort und wahrscheinlich nicht mehr wiederzuerkennen, aber es ist gewiss noch da, nur nicht sichtbar für die meisten von uns. Mit der weltweiten Produktion von Plastik steigt auch die Menge an "unsichtbarem" Plastikabfall irgendwo auf der Welt an. Knapp die Hälfte des Plastikmülls im Meer stammt aus den Küstenregionen von nur fünf Ländern: China, Indonesien, Philippinen, Vietnam und Sri Lanka. ...

China Takes to the Blue Water

30.12.2016 By Todd Crowell (Asia Sentinel) - Beijing discards Mao’s instruction that the land outweighs the seas. When China’s navy looks beyond its coastal waters, which it increasingly does, it sees a kind of Great Wall, except that, from their point of view, this wall is meant to keep China pinned in and not to keep the barbarians out.  It is now seeking to break out beyond that wall. ...

Vietnamese Authorities Raid a Civil Society Training Class

29.12.2016 (RFA) - A group of thugs and police officers attacked a civil society training class in Ho Chi Minh City this week, breaking up the class and beating two of the participants. Activist Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh (aka Paulo Thanh Nguyen) told RFA that thugs invaded the class, beat him up and threatened him with a gun before taking him to a police station. ...

Vietnamese growth slows to 6.21% in 2016

29.12.2016 Atsushi Tomiyama, Nikkei staff writer (Nikkei Asian Review) - HANOI -- Vietnam's real domestic product grew more slowly for the first time in four years in 2016, official figures out Wednesday show. Lower oil prices led to a 4% decline in the resources and mining sector -- the sharpest drop in the past five years. Domestic steel production did not rise as strongly as in the previous year as cheap steel from a slowing China flooded the market. ...

Vietnam Extends Detention for Human Rights Attorney

28.12.2016 (RFA) - Vietnamese authorities extended human rights attorney and activist Nguyen Van Dai’s time in prison until April, marking the third time the government has added time to his detention, RFA’s Vietnamese Service has learned. ...

Mass fish deaths partly to blame as Vietnam's economy slows

28.12.2016 (EBLnews) - Vietnam’s economy has experienced its first slowdown in four years largely due to poor farming conditions and a mass fish die-off, the government announced Wednesday. The government attributed the slowdown to poor growth in the agricultural, forestry and fisheries sector. The Statistics Office also attributed the slowdown to a mass fish die-off on the central Vietnamese coastline in April. ...

2016 Was a Good Year for Vietnam

28.12.2016 By Tran Van Minh, Associated Press (U.S. News & World Report) - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam's economy is forecast to grow 6.2 percent in 2016, helped by a manufacturing and building boom. The General Statistics Office said Wednesday that this year's growth rate is below 2015's rate of 6.7 percent ...

Britain cracks down on illegal nail-salon workers in fight against modern slavery

28.12.2016 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - LONDON (Reuters) - British immigration officers have raided nearly 300 nail salons and arrested 97 people, mostly from Vietnam, for suspected immigration offences as part of a drive to tackle modern slavery, the Home Office said on Wednesday. ...

Vietnamese factory caught dumping industrial waste

27.12.2016 By Bennett Murray (Anadolu Agency) - Discovery comes at the end of a year that saw industrial pollution take prominence in Vietnamese politics. Vietnamese police have caught a ceramic tile factory dumping industrial waste into a local river, local media reported Tuesday. ...

Caritas Saigon helped 3,000 disabled and homeless children at Christmas

27.12.2016 Nguyen Hung (AsiaNews) – For Christmas, Caritas Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City’s old name) organised special celebrations for thousands of children in need who live at the city’s pastoral centre. ...

Vietnam could be 'sowing the seeds of the next crisis'

26.12.2016 Jonathan Garber (Business Insider Deutschland) - Vietnam is expected to show annualized growth of 6.3% in the fourth quarter when it releases the data sometime next week. That would be the first slowdown in annual growth since 2012. According to Capital Economics, Vietnam could be "sowing the seeds of the next crisis" with its loose monetary policy. ...

Stephanie Murphy Went from Vietnam War Refugee to Member of Congress

26.12.2016 by Taylor Weik (NBC News) - Stephanie Murphy never imagined she'd be running for public office. It wasn't until four months before November's election that the new representative from Florida even officially filed to run for office. The 38-year-old Democrat will represent Florida's 7th Congressional District. Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung, Murphy is the daughter of refugees who escaped from Vietnam by boat when she was just an infant. ...

Civilians Helping Governments Stake Claims in South China Sea

26.12.2016 (VOA) - TAIPEI — A statement from China that daily civilian charter flights would serve the contested sea off its south coast raises the growing profile of civilians as a tool for governments to bolster their claims in Asia’s most widespread sovereignty dispute. The foreign ministry in Vietnam called Chinese flights to Woody Island “a serious violation” of Vietnamese “sovereignty” over the Paracels, according to the country’s online news service, VnExpress.net. ...

Chinese carrier enters South China Sea amid renewed tension

26.12.2016 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - TAIPEI, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A group of Chinese warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier entered the top half of the South China Sea on Monday after passing south of Taiwan, the self-ruled island's Defence Ministry said of what China has termed a routine exercise. ...

China's 1st aircraft carrier heads for Western Pacific

25.12.2016 (The Asahi Shimbun) - BEIJING--China's first aircraft carrier has set off for the Western Pacific for an open-sea training exercise, the Defense Ministry said. ...

Vietnam denounces Chinese flights to disputed island

24.12.2016 (EBLnews) - The Vietnamese government has condemned reports that China will begin a daily civilian charter flight to the contested Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state media reported Saturday. ...

Vietnam says recovery from Formosa industrial disaster could take a decade

23.12.2016 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - HANOI, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Vietnam's central region is expected to take a decade to completely recover from an industrial accident caused by a unit of a Taiwan conglomerate, which led to Vietnam's worst ever environmental disaster, the government said. ...

The Fault Lines in Vietnam's Next Political Struggle

23.12.2016 By Zachary Abuza (The Diplomat) - From 24-30 October 2016, Dinh The Huynh, a senior member of the Vietnamese Communist Party’s Secretariat and Politburo paid a low-key visit to the United States. Even though it garnered almost no media attention in the United States, and was largely platitudes and symbolism, it has important implications for Vietnamese domestic politics. ...

The Spratly Islands in focus

23.12.2016 Stratfor Analysis (The Manila Times) - Vietnam’s military installations and garrisons have dotted the features of the Spratly archipelago — including the Southwest Cay, Sin Cowe Island and Spratly Island itself — for some time. ...

Vietnamesische Bloggerin Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh frei lassen

22.12.2016 Frank Schwabe, MdB (SPD) - Frank Schwabe, menschenrechtspolitischer Sprecher: Die SPD-Bundestagsfraktion fordert die sofortige und bedingungslose Freilassung von Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh. Sie wurde im Oktober 2016 wegen Propaganda gegen den sozialistischen Staat von Vietnam inhaftiert. ...

Fears Grow Over Religious Freedom Restrictions In Vietnam

22.12.2016 Carey Lodge (Christian Today) - Religious freedom in Vietnam is at risk of deteriorating under the government's new Law on Belief and Religion, a senior bishop told officials on Monday. ...

Release Vietnamese Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh

22.12.2016 Frank Schwabe, MdB (SPD) - The SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag demands the immediate and unconditional release of Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh. She is in custody since October 2016 charged with the crime of propaganda against the Socialist State of Vietnam. ...

Another Blogger Arrested as Repression in Vietnam Intensifies

21.12.2016 Vietnam Right Now (New America Media) - The Vietnamese government is continuing its campaign to silence independent voices, with the arrest of a 29-year-old blogger in Thanh Hoa province south of the capital.

State media said that Nguyen Danh Dung had posted some 700 video clips defaming government officials on a variety of Youtube and Facebook accounts. ...

China apparel makers turn to Vietnam for wage relief

21.12.2016 Yasuo Awai (Nikkei Asian Review) - HONG KONG -- Soaring wages at home are prompting Chinese apparel makers to shift production to neighboring Vietnam, where labor costs are nearly 60% lower. Nameson Holdings, which makes sweaters and other knitwear to order, plans to increase production in Vietnam. Nameson mainly supplies garments to Japan's Fast Retailing, operator of the Uniqlo chain of casual clothing stores. ...

Dam Design and Greed May Factor Into Flood Devastation in Vietnam

20.12.2016 (RFA) - The poor design and management of Vietnam’s power-generating dams are likely one of the main factors that led to recent deadly floods that inundated the country’s central provinces, experts tell RFA. ...

Philippinen erheben keinen Anspruch mehr auf internationalen Schiedsspruch

18.12.2016 (Philippinen Magazin) - Nur 50 Seemeilen vor der philippinischen Küste, im südchinesischen Meer beschlagnahmte die chinesische Küstenwache eine US amerikanische Forschungsdrohne. Dieser Vorfall löste in Washington Bestürzung aus und es kam zu einem kurzen aber heftigen politischen Schlagabtausch zwischen beiden Regierungen. ...

Viet Nam: incommunicado detention of human rights lawyer and trial of pro-democracy activists shows disdain for international human rights law

16.12.2016 (Amnesty International) - On the one year anniversary of the arrest of human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài, who has been held incommunicado in pre-trial detention since 16 December 2015, Viet Nam’s authorities have sentenced two pro-democracy activists - Trần Anh Kim and Lê Thanh Tùng - to 13 and 12 years’ imprisonment respectively. Both were convicted for activities aimed at “overthrowing” the state under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code. Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of three named activists, held solely for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression and association, and for the release of all other prisoners of conscience in Viet Nam, whom remain at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. ...

Vietnam jails 2 for plotting democratic revolution

16.12.2016 (The Straits Times) - HANOI (AFP) - A court in communist Vietnam jailed two activists for over a decade on Friday (Dec 16) after finding them guilty of attempting to launch a democratic revolution, their lawyers said. ...

Vietnamese human rights lawyer and blogger arbitrarily detained for the last year

16.12.2016 (Reporters without borders) - The Vietnamese government must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer and blogger Nguyen Van Dai who has been arbitrarily detained for a year without access to legal representation or any word of an upcoming trial. ...

Trump hails ties despite vow to end trade pact: Vietnam

16.12.2016 (Dailytimes) - HANOI: US President-elect Donald Trump has reassured Vietnam over future ties, according to the communist nation, which is set to lose out if he honours a vow to ditch a major trade deal. Vietnam has said it is still committed to existing trade deals, including with the United States, regardless of what happens with the TPP. Trump is expected to travel to Vietnam in November 2017 for the annual APEC summit. ...

Trump estrecha lazos con Vietnam

15.12.2016 (El Nuevo Día) - Bangkok - El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, habló por teléfono con el primer ministro vietnamita, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, al que dijo que quiere estrechar lazos con Vietnam, informó hoy el gobierno vietnamita en su página web. En su página de internet, el equipo de transición del presidente electo estadounidense confirmó la llamada y el interés de ambas naciones por estrechar lazos. ...

Trump dit vouloir approfondir la relation avec le Vietnam

15.12.2016 (Le Figaro) - Le président-élu américain, Donald Trump a contacté mercredi le Premier ministre vietnamien, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, pour lui faire part de sa volonté de renforcer les liens entre Hanoi et Washington, a annoncé jeudi le gouvernement du Vietnam. Dans un communiqué, l'équipe de transition de Donald Trump a confirmé l'échange téléphonique, précisant que les deux hommes avaient évoqué un "large champ d'intérêts communs et qu'ils s'étaient accordés pour renforcer les relations entre les deux nations" ...

Eine chinesische Festung im Ozean

15.12.2016 von Matthias Müller, Peking (NZZ) - Der künftige amerikanische Präsident Donald Trump dürfte sich bestätigt fühlen. Im Wahlkampf hatte er die Regierung in Peking immer wieder attackiert und den kommunistischen Machthabern vorgeworfen, im Südchinesischen Meer einen «gewaltigen militärischen Komplex» zu errichten. Nun publik gewordene Satellitenaufnahmen der Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (Amti) zeigen, welche Fortschritte China bei der Errichtung der militärischen Anlagen auf den im Südchinesischen Meer gelegenen Spratly-Inseln gemacht hat. ...

China rüstet offenbar hoch

15.12.2016 (NZZ) - (dpa) China hat offenbar seine militärische Präsenz im Südchinesischen Meer weiter ausgebaut. Dies zeigen Satellitenbilder, die die amerikanischen Denkfabrik Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) aufgenommen, ausgewertet und am Donnerstag veröffentlicht hat. ...

Little Dolls From a Vietnamese Prison Carry a Big Message

14.12.2016 Loa (Global Voices) - Have you ever seen a roly poly doll? They are also called tumbler dolls, or wobbly man dolls. They have round heads, round bottoms and no limbs. When you push the doll, it wobbles for a bit but never falls down. There’s a version made by ethnic minorities in Vietnam — colorful and crocheted. And now there’s another version, made exclusively by one political prisoner: Nguyen Đang Minh Man. ...

Plastics industry unified in combatting marine litter

14.12.2016 by Martijn Reintjes (Recycling International) -  Vietnam: This year, a further seven plastics industry associations have signed the Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter, also known as the Joint Declaration. ...

Vietnamesen trotz boomender Wirtschaft skeptisch

14.12.2016 Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Der Grundstein für Vietnams wirtschaftlichen Erfolg wurde vor 30 Jahren gelegt. Bekannt wurde das Programm unter dem Schlagwort "Doi Moi" (Erneuerung). Es machte den Weg frei für Vietnams wirtschaftlichen Aufstieg. Doch eine höhere Produktivität lässt sich nur mit innovativen Produkten erzielen. Dafür muss das Land mehr Ressourcen in die Ausbildung stecken, um nur einen zentralen Punkt zu benennen. Doch in diesem Feld passiert wenig. ...

Feast of Our Lady of Fatima in Ho Chi Minh City parish threatened by the governmen

13.12.2016 (AsiaNews) – On the 13th of every month, parishioners in Thủ Thiêm (District 2, Ho Chi Minh City) attend Mass, pray and have lunch together to celebrate the family on the day of Our Lady of Fatima.

"Parishioners gather to show respect to the Virgin Mary and at the same time they meet and pray for their dearly departed," said Fr James Lê Jang Niem, the priest vicar. ...

La vida bajo vigilancia de un activista y periodista en Vietnam

13.12.2016 Eric San Juan (La Vanguardia) - La lucha por una democracia plural en Vietnam le ha supuesto al periodista y activista político Pham Chi Dung vivir bajo constante vigilancia policial, con encarcelamientos, arrestos arbitrarios e interrogatorios interminables. ...

Why Is Climate-Conscious Vietnam Choosing Coal Over Nuclear?

12.12.2016 By Helen Clark (SCMP) - Vietnam’s decision to abandon its nascent nuclear power programme and turn back to cheaper, dirtier, coal says much about where the nation thought it was headed – and about where it has ended up. ...

Vietnam Pivots Away from US-Led Trade Zone as Trump Preps for Office

12.12.2016 (VOA) - TAIPEI — Vietnamese officials once excited by joining the U.S.-led Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a sweeping Pacific Rim trade zone, are looking instead to other deals that would stimulate their export-dependent economy as the pact may die under President-elect Donald Trump. ...

Vietnam arrests five bankers for 'mismanagement'

11.12.2016 (Bangkok Post) - HANOI - Vietnam has arrested five former bank employees for alleged mismanagement, including an ex-managing director and his deputy, the latest executives to be punished in the scandal-hit sector. ...

Fisch oder Stahl? Die neue Umweltbewegung Vietnams

09.12.2016 von Thuc Quyen Nguyen (SOA) - Anfang April dieses Jahres wurde an den Küsten der Provinzen Ha Tinh, Qang Binh, Quang Tri und Thua Thien Hue tonnenweise toter Fisch angespült. Kilometerlange Fischberge, unzählige Muscheln, verendete Seevögel und sogar einige Wale  – gefolgt vom Tod des Tauchers Le Van Ngay, der nach einem Tauchgang in diesem Gebiet zunächst über Brustschmerzen und Atemnot geklagt hatte. ...

Vietnam: Journalist wegen negativer Äußerung über Fidel Castro auf Facebook vom Dienst suspendiert

09.12.2016 von Hai Tran (FVN21) - Nach Meldungen der BBC und anderen Quellen aus Vietnam wurde Phùng Hiệu, ein Mitarbeiter der Zeitung „Nhà Báo & Công Luận“ („der Journalist und die öffentliche Meinung“) vom Dienst suspendiert, gegen ihn ist offiziell ein Disziplinarverfahren eingeleitet worden. Auf seiner privaten Facebook-Seite schrieb Hiệu: „Nach fast 50 Jahren Regentschaft, autoritär, konservativ und unter blindwütiger Vergötterung des Marxismus, hat Fidel Castro ein verarmtes, rückständiges Kuba zurückgelassen. ...

Huit mois après la pollution maritime des côtes du Centre-Vietnam, de nombreuses victimes n’ont toujours pas été indemnisées

09.12.2016 (Églises d'Asie) - Voilà plus de huit mois que les riverains des côtes du Centre-Vietnam ont subi les dégâts de la pollution déclenchée au début du mois d’avril 2016 par le complexe industriel taïwanais Formosa Plastics. Beaucoup d’entre eux ont perdu de ce fait tous leurs moyens de subsistance. ...

India to Train Vietnam Fighter Pilots

09.12.2016 By Prashanth Parameswaran (The Diplomat) - India will begin training Vietnamese fighter pilots starting next year, according to an agreement inked by the two countries this week. ...

South China Sea: Vietnam prepares for dangerous days ahead as the country's fisheries clash with Chinese authorities

09.12.2016 By Ben Bohane in Ly Son Island (ABC News) - Provocative activity in the South China Sea is clearly visible in the fiercely contested Spratly Islands, satellite pictures released today show. ...

Exclusive: Risking Beijing's ire, Vietnam begins dredging on South China Sea reef

09.12.2016 By Lincoln Feast and Greg Torode | SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Vietnam has begun dredging work on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, satellite imagery shows, the latest move by the Communist state to bolster its claims in the strategic waterway. ...

Staudämme gefährden die Ernährung von Millionen Menschen

08.12.2016 Von Richard Stone (SZ) - Immer im April schwammen die Nyawn-Welse den Mekong aufwärts zu ihren Laichplätzen. Unterwegs mussten sie sich im Süden von Laos durch eine Engstelle drängen. Dort warteten die Fischer. Jedes Jahr fingen sie Hunderttausende der daumengroßen Tiere in ihren Netzen. Dann begann im Jahr 2014 die Arbeit an einem großen Staudamm. ...

6th EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue

08.12.2016 (EEAS) - On 8 December 2016 in Brussels the European Union and Vietnam held the sixth round of their annual enhanced Human Rights Dialogue, in the context of the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). The EU highlighted the importance of ensuring that all detainees are able to receive visits, including from lawyers, medical personnel and family members, in line with the Vietnamese Constitution and international human rights provisions. ...

Corte vietnamita confirma condena contra activista por el derecho a la tierra

08.12.2016  Escrito por Đôn Lê / Loa, traducido por Cecilia Cárdenas (Global Voices) - El 30 de noviembre de 2016 el tribunal de apelación de Hanoi ha confirmado la sentencia condenatoria contra la destacada activista por el derecho a la tierra, la vietnamita de 54 años Cấn Thị Thêu. ...

La récente loi sur la religion est jugée très sévèrement par la presse asiatique

07.12.2016  (Églises d'Asie) - Le texte définitif de la Loi sur les croyances et la religion, tel qu’il a été adopté par l’Assemblée nationale le 18 novembre dernier, est encore introuvable sur les sites gouvernementaux. C’est à l’étranger que la lecture de ce texte législatif a suscité les commentaires critiques les plus approfondis. ...

Vietnamese priest complains about FPG unit

07.12.2016 By Cheng Hung-ta and Jake Chung (The Taipei Times) - A Vietnamese Catholic priest yesterday held a news conference in Taipei to complain about the operations of Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp, a Vietnamese subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group (FPG). Father Nguyen Dihn Thuc from the Catholic Diocese of Vinh said pollution from the plant in Ha Tinh Province has severely affected the region’s residents physically and spiritually. ...

Journalists Find That In Vietnam There Is No Drunk Defense for Criticism

06.12.2016 (RFA) - Journalist Phung Hieu was removed from his position at the Nha Vao & Cong Luan (Journalists & Public Opinion), newspaper after a post in which he criticized Castro for leading Cuba into poverty and isolation. ...

Vietnam’s Law on Belief and Religion ‘deeply flawed

06.12.2016 by Imogen Faux (World Watch Monitor) - Vietnam’s National Assembly finally ratified (on 18 Nov.) its Law on Belief and Religion. In an open letter to the Vietnamese government prior to the ratification of the law, the group of organisations and lawmakers rejected a clause stating that religious groups must be registered and approved by the government in order to practise. ...

Eye on China, India to train Vietnam fighter pilots

06.12.2016 Rajat Pandit (Times Of India) - NEW DELHI: Indians will begin training Vietnamese fighter pilots on its Sukhoi-30MKI "air dominance jets" from next year onwards, much like it has been teaching sailors from the country for operations on board Kilo-class submarines for the last three years. ...

Vietnam teaches Japan a lesson

05.12.2016 Atsushi Tomiyama (Nikkei Asian Review) - HANOI -- A failed bid to build nuclear power plants in Vietnam has provided Japan with a bitter lesson: It has to carefully assess a recipient country's needs and a project's financial feasibility before it pushes certain pieces of infrastructure into a nation. Vietnam on Nov. 22 abandoned its plan for nuclear power plants in the southern province of Ninh Thuan, citing construction costs of about 3 trillion yen ($26.3 billion). ...

Vietnamese Court Upholds Jail Sentence for Land Rights Activist

05.12.2016 by Đôn Lê / Loa (Global Voices) - A prominent Vietnamese land rights activist, 54-year-old Cấn Thị Thêu, has had her sentence upheld in her appeal trial on November 30, 2016. The Hanoi People’s Court declined to reduce her 20-month jail term ...

Donald Trump hat ein völlig veraltetes Bild von China

05.12.2016 Von Christoph Giesen, Peking (SZ) - Trumps Reaktionen auf die Kritik an seinem umstrittenen Telefonat mit Taiwans Präsidentin zeigen, wie veraltet sein Bild von China ist. Peking verbilligt nicht mehr seine Währung schon lange nicht mehr künstlich, wie Trump behauptet. ...

Vietnam split over Castro national mourning

04.12.2016 (Bangkok Post) - Cuba's revolutionary leader Castro died last week at age 90, prompting an outpouring of grief in Vietnam where officials hailed him as a communist brother and comrade. But the national day of mourning -- afforded in the past only to the most senior Vietnamese politicians or war heros -- has not been universally welcomed. ...

Why Do the Americans Still Need Vietnam and the Vietnamese Need Them?

04.12.2016 by Christopher Goscha (HNN) - Many observers, especially those opposed to America’s military intervention in Vietnam in the mid-20th century, tend to downplay the geopolitical importance of Vietnam. America had no business getting involved in Vietnam in the first place. ...

Die dunkle Macht hinter Trump - Das Netzwerk der Lügner

04.12.2016 Michael Streck (Stern) - Wenn die Historiker eines Tages zurückblicken auf dieses Jahr 2016, auf Brexit und Donald Trump, könnte das in etwa so ausfallen, wie Historiker heute über das frühe Mittelalter sprechen, als "dark ages", dunkle Zeiten und Rückfall der Menschheit. ...

Vietnam redobla la represión a los disidentes

03.12.2016 (terra) - El régimen comunista de Vietnam ha respondido al aumento de la contestación social de los últimos meses con arrestos y vigilancia continua a los disidentes, según organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos. Un informe de "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) revela que en los nueve primeros meses de 2016 han sido condenados a penas de prisión al menos 18 activistas. La más prominente es Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, apodada "madre seta" (Me Nam, en vietnamita) ...

A boy’s-eye view of the Vietnam War

03.12.2016 Brett Josef Grubisic (Maclean’s) - A terrific graphic memoir from Marcelino Truong recalls events from his childhood uprooted to Saigon. Often rendered in watercolour-like strokes (in muddy greys and faded pinks), the look of this terrific graphic memoir consistently invokes sepia—and episodes at the very edge of memory ...

Trump’s Tough Trade Talk Could Damage American Factories

02.12.2016 By Peter S. Goodman, Neil Gough, Sui-Lee Wee and Jack Ewing (The New York Times) - HOLLAND, Mich. — While much of the American political class has been consumed with recriminations over the wrenching loss of manufacturing jobs, Chuck Reid has been quietly adding them. His company, First Class Seating, makes recliner seats for movie theaters here at a factory on the shores of Lake Michigan. Since he bought the business three years ago, its work force has grown to 40 from 15. ...

Vietnam's Mekong Delta to receive nearly $400 million to combat climate change

02.12.2016 (UkrAgroConsult) - The delta, where nearly half of the country’s rice is grown, is at threat from saltwater intrusion. The World Bank has pledged $310 million to help nine provinces in the Mekong Delta to combat adverse weather conditions that have led to saltwater intrusion, coastal erosion and flooding. The delta, where nearly half of the country’s rice is grown, is at threat from saltwater intrusion. ...

Is Vietnam’s new religion law a smokescreen for political repression?

02.12.2016 By Luke Hunt (SCMP) - A controversial law on religion passed in Vietnam has triggered renewed fears of state repression in the name of national unity. Among the law’s fiercest critics is the Interfaith Council of Vietnam, whose 27 council members – from Christian, Buddhist, Cao Dai and Hoa Hao communities – say religious groups are under no obligation to obey it. ...

Trump’s withdrawal from TPP: What it means for Asia

01.12.2016 By Matthias Helble (Asia Times) - US president-elect jettisoned in one stroke the outcome of 10 years of hard-fought negotiations between 12 countries of the Pacific Rim. US president-elect Donald Trump shocked the aspiring Trans-Pacific Partnership members last week by announcing that the first priority of his presidency will be to withdraw from the trade deal. ...

China’s brutally pragmatic response to a shifting world order

01.12.2016 By: Kevin Rudd (The Financial Times) - Beijing abhors unpredictability. With Trump it has strategic unpredictability at scale. China prefers to deal with the devil it knows. Beijing was fully prepared to deal with a President Hillary Clinton but, like the rest of us, the country’s foreign policy establishment is in the dark about what follows the election of Donald Trump. ...

Plastic Island - How our throwaway culture is turning paradise into a graveyard

01.12.2016 By Nick Paton Walsh, Ingrid Formanek, Jackson Loo and Mark Phillips (CNN) - Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this tiny Pacific island. Standing on the island's remote shoreline brings a calm and humility -- until you look down at your feet. ... China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Sri Lanka are considered the five worst offenders when it comes to plastic pollution ...

How China views Trump

01.12.2016 Keyu Jin (Nikkei Asian Review) - LONDON -- Donald Trump's stunning victory in the US presidential election has shaken the world. But one country has remained largely unmoved: China. ...

Vietnam mantiene la condena a una activista contra expropiaciones de tierras

30.11.2016 (eldiario) -  EFE - Bangkok -  Un tribunal de Vietnam rechazó hoy la apelación a la condena a 20 meses de prisión impuesta contra la activista Can Thi Theu, por una protesta contra el Gobierno por expropiaciones de tierras, informó hoy Human Rights Watch (HRW). ...

Vietnam upholds 20-month jail term for land grab protester

30.11.2016 (Channel NewsAsia) - HANOI: A high-profile Vietnamese activist on Wednesday lost a bid to overturn a 20-month jail term for protesting against illegal land grabs, her lawyer said, after a judge upheld a lower court ruling that had outraged human rights groups. Vietnam's boom in real estate in recent years has spurred protests by small landowners evicted to make way for construction projects. ...

Vietnam Appeals Court Upholds Jail Term for Land-Grab Protester

30.11.2016 (RFA) - A court in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Wednesday upheld the conviction of land-grab protester Can Thi Theu, sending her back to prison to serve a 20-month term imposed in September, sources said. It was the second time Theu had been convicted for opposing land grabs. In 2014 she was sentenced to 15 months in jail for her role in a similar protest. ...

Vietnam battles erosion of beaches – and of tourism

30.11.2016 Coco Liu (The Christian Science Monitor) - CUA DAI BEACH, VIETNAM — As dusk falls on this landmark Vietnamese beach, Hung Hoa is about to close her seafood restaurant. It is only six o’clock. “Nobody is coming here anyway,” sighs Mrs. Hung. Her restaurant has 10 dining tables; even though it is supper time, all of them are empty. ...

Trump the Predictable

30.11.2016 By John Feffer (Foreign Policy In Focus) - Donald Trump insisted throughout his campaign that any potential negotiating partner — ally or adversary — must be left guessing. Toward that end, he refused to rule out the potential use of nuclear weapons, even in Europe. ...

TPP is dead, long live RCEP? Not so fast

29.11.2016 By Jon Connars  (Asia Times) -  When Xi Jinping asserted at the APEC Summit on November 19th that “China will not shut the door to the outside world but will open it even wider,” he not only forcefully claimed Chinese global leadership on free trade and globalization for years to come, but also sounded the death knell for the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia.” ...

Is Vietnam Reigniting a Fire in the South China Sea?

29.11.2016 By Nguyen Quoc-Thanh (The Diplomat) - Hanoi is starting to feel more and more isolated as its regional neighbors reconcile with China. With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to reset ties with China, and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s decision to put his country in the Chinese orbit, the situation all around Vietnam is evolving very rapidly. ...

Vietnam Sends Four Women to Jail for Roadblock Protest

29.11.2016 (RFA) - A local court sentenced four women to six-month jail terms after finding them guilty of disrupting public order for their part in protests last year that blocked a major highway, RFA’s Vietnamese Service has learned. ...

Computer science professor advises Vietnamese government

29.11.2016 By Eduard Muñoz-Suñé (Brown Daily Herald) - Cybersecurity expert and Professor of Computer Science John Savage recently traveled to Vietnam where he gave a series of lectures and conversed with business and political leaders from Oct. 20 to Oct. 28. ...

Vietnam Taking Long-Term Hard Line Toward China on Maritime Claims

28.11.2016 (VOA) - TAIPEI — Vietnam is lengthening a military runway on a tiny islet to help hold off a larger, more aggressive China for control in Asia’s widest-reaching sovereignty dispute as other claimants keep quiet or seek negotiations. ...

Pollution emergency destroys tourism in central Vietnam

28.11.2016 Tran Vinh (AsiaNews) – Hanoi - The pollution emergency that hit Vietnam’s central provinces has delivered a heavy blow to the local tourism industry. ...

La emergencia desatada por la contaminación destruye el turismo en el centro de Vietnam

28.11.2016 Tran Vinh (AsiaNews) – Hanoi - La emergencia desatada por la contaminación, que ha golpeado a las provincias centrales de Vietnam, ha puesto de rodillas a la industria del turismo. ...

Killing the Mekong, Dam by Dam

28.11.2016 By Tom Fawthrop (The Diplomat) - SIPHANDONE, LAOS — Explorers, travelers, and traders have long been enchanted by the magical vistas and extraordinary biodiversity of the Mekong, especially here. However, the serenity of Siphandone has recently been rudely disrupted by the dynamite-blasting of rocks, shattering the tranquil reverie of this ecotourism paradise. ...

Wo der Kommunismus noch lebt: China, Vietnam, Laos, Kuba

26.11.2016 (DiePresse) - Vor dem Fall der Sowjetunion gab es zahlreiche Länder mit kommunistischen Regierungen. 2016 verbleiben noch vier, oder - je nach Lesart des nordkoreanischen Regimes - fünf. ...

Christianity At Risk In Vietnam Amid Restrictions On Religious Freedom

25.11.2016 Carey Lodge (Christian Today) - Religious freedom in Vietnam is at serious risk following the passing of the country's first ever Law on Belief and Religion last week. The law passed on 18 November, despite concerns that it does not conform to international standards ...

Vietnam cancels nuclear power plan over costs

25.11.2016 By Diarmaid Williams (Power Engineering) - The Vietnamese government has opted not to go ahead with the development of two new nuclear power plants in partnership with Russia and Japan, citing a doubling in costs for its decision. ...

Religious freedom still in the balance in Vietnam

25.11.2016 By Aaron James (Premier Christian Radio) - Christian Solidarity Worldwide has said last week Vietnamese politicians passed the country's first ever bill which, at face value, could enshrine religious freedom. ...

Pope and Vietnam’s president meet at the Vatican in bid to warm long-strained ties

24.11.2016 (SCMP) - Pope Francis has hosted Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at the Vatican as the two work towards warming long-strained ties, a press release from the Holy See said. ...

Vietnam öffnet sich – seinen Künstlern gönnt es allerdings nur wenig Freiheit.

23.11.2016 von Marlene Göring (FAZ) - Vietnam öffnet sich – seinen Künstlern gönnt es allerdings nur wenig Freiheit. Jeder Ausstellung geht ein aufreibender Behördenkrieg voraus. Vu Kim Thu stellt derzeit aus. „Die Kunstpolizei kontrolliert uns“, erzählt Thu. Eine Ausstellung wird eröffnet, die Stimmung ist gut, viele Gäste sind gekommen - da stoßen Beamte in Zivil dazu und hängen Bilder einfach ab oder schließen gleich die ganze Galerie ...

What Would US TPP Withdrawal Mean?

23.11.2016 By Prashanth Parameswaran (The Diplomat) - On Monday night, incoming U.S. President Donald Trump made headlines around the world when he included U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as one of the executive actions he would take upon taking office on January 20 in a transition update to the American people. ...

Wie China von Trumps TPP-Absage profitiert

22.11.2016 Von Kai Strittmatter, Peking, und Christoph Neidhart, Tokio (NZZ) - Trump und TPP hatten ein gemeinsames Ziel: Chinas Wirtschaftsmacht einzudämmen. Mit dem Ausstieg der USA aus dem Freihandelsabkommen könnte das Gegenteil eintreten. Es wirkt wie eine verkehrte Welt. Erst verhilft Donald Trump ausgerechnet China, dem weltgrößten Kohleverbrenner, zur Rolle des Vorreiters im Klimaschutz. Und jetzt darf das offiziell noch immer kommunistische China auch noch den mächtigsten Verteidiger von Freihandel und Globalisierung geben. ...

Trumps kalte Schulter für Asien-Pazifik-Region

22.11.2016 (SZ) - Hanoi (dpa) - Die transpazifische Partnerschaft (TPP), das war Vietnams Tor zu attraktiven Märkten wie den USA, Japan und Australien. Donald Trump kündigt für den allerersten Tag seiner Amtszeit als US-Präsident den Rückzug aus TPP an. "Eine Katastrophe für Vietam" sei das, sagt der frühere Präsidentenberater und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Le Dang Doanh. Demokratieverfechter hatten sich durch die TPP-Auflagen zu Mindeststandards bei Arbeits-, Umwelt- und Transparenzauflagen viel versprochen. "Das wird den politischen Reformprozess verlangsamen", fürchtet Nguyen Quang A, früher Direktor des reformorientierten Instituts für Entwicklungsstudien, nun. ...

Vietnam scraps huge nuclear power plant projects

22.11.2016 (Bangkok Post) - HANOI - Power-hungry Vietnam scrapped plans for two multi-billion dollar nuclear power plants on Tuesday, citing environmental and financial reasons after the cost of the projects skyrocketed. ...

Vietnam: abandon du projet de centrales nucléaires

22.11.2016 (Le Figaro) - Le Vietnam a abandonné mardi son premier projet de production d'électricité nucléaire après un vote de l'Assemblée nationale contre la construction de deux centrales ...

Vietnam abandons plan for first nuclear power plants

22.11.2016 By Mai Nguyen and Ho Binh Minh (Reuters) -  HANOI - Vietnam's National Assembly voted on Tuesday to abandon plans to build two multi-billion-dollar nuclear power plants with Russia and Japan, after officials cited lower demand forecasts, rising costs and safety concerns. ...

Trump wird TPP am 1. Tag im Amt kündigen

22.11.2016 (heute.at) - Der zukünftige US-Präsident Donald Trump kündigte am Montag per Videobotschaft an, das Freihandelsabkommen TPP prompt an seinem ersten Tag im Amt aufzukündigen. ...

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

21.11.2016 By Hrvoje Hranjski (U.S. News & World Report) - BANGKOK (AP) Satellite imagery suggests Vietnam has extended a runway and constructed new hangars on one of the disputed Spratly islands it controls, apparently enabling it to accommodate surveillance aircraft there. ...

Death Of TPP Trade Deal A Blow For Vietnam's Promising Economy

21.11.2016 By Brett Davis (Forbes) - Vietnam was set to be one of the major beneficiaries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which now seems all but dead after the U.S. president-elect Donald Trump declared withdrawing America from the pact would be one of his first actions in office. ...

Vietnam media fined for 'false' fish sauce reports

21.11.2016 (Channel NewsAsia) - HANOI - fined scores of news outlets for publishing now-discredited reports about toxic fish sauce, accusing them of sparking public panic over the staple condiment in a country plagued by food scares. The government said Monday the reports failed to distinguish between highly-toxic inorganic arsenic, and organic arsenic which is present mainly in seafood and is less toxic. The ministry fined 50 news organisations ...

Vietnam: les médias condamnés pour des articles sur de la sauce

21.11.2016 (Le Figaro) - Le Vietnam a condamné lundi des dizaines d'organes de presse pour la publication d'articles alarmants sur de la sauce de poisson toxique, qui aurait causé une panique dans le pays où il s'agit d'un condiment de base.Mi-octobre, des articles s'appuyant sur une enquête de l'association des consommateurs du Vietnam (Vinastas), contrôlée par l'Etat, ...

Trump and the Bomb

20.11.2016 By Michael Krepon (Foreign Affairs) - When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, he will face a global nuclear order that is increasingly unstable. Much will depend on Trump’s instincts on nuclear issues, which are far from clear, the advisors he chooses, and how he responds to the counsel they provide. ...

Massive setback for Rosatom as Vietnam scraps nuclear deal

20.11.2016 (fin24) - Hanoi - Vietnam is scrapping plans to build two nuclear power plants over soaring costs and safety concerns, state media reported on Friday. The communist nation approved plans to build the plants in 2009 in Ninh Thuan province with an eye towards easing energy shortages brought about by its rapidly industrialising economy. ...

China wirbt beim APEC-Gipfel für Freihandel

19.11.2016 (DW) - Beim APEC-Treffen der Pazifik-Anrainer ist der künftige US-Präsident nicht mit an Bord. Dennoch bestimmt seine Ablehnung des Freihandels das Treffen mit. Eine mögliche Abschottungspolitik der Vereinigten Staaten unter dem gewählten US-Präsidenten Donald Trump bereitet vielen Staats- und Regierungschefs beim Pazifik-Gipfel der 21 APEC-Staaten in Lima Sorgen. ...

Ho Chi Minh City confronts its drinking and driving epidemic

18.11.2016 By Tom Carrol (Asia Times) - Officials in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam have recently launched a powerful new mass media campaign to reduce drinking and driving, a frequent cause of road crashes across Vietnam, including in Ho Chi Minh City, its largest city. ...

Aktionsplan gegen Wilderei und Wildtierhandel in Hanoi verabschiedet

18.11.2016 (Der Farang) - HANOI (dpa) - Gut 50 Länder wollen Wilderern und skrupellosen Wildtierhändlern effektiver das Handwerk legen. Sie verabschiedeten dazu am Freitag in Vietnam einen Aktionsplan. ...

Another blow to Obama’s TPP after Vietnam says it won’t ratify trade pact and Australia looks to China

17.11.2016 (SCMP) - The United States-led Pacific trade pact appears to be crumbling after Vietnam said it would not ratify it and Australia signalled support for Chinese-led trade deals before a meeting this weekend of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group in Peru. ...

Amnesty International dénonce la répression contre les militants engagés dans le mouvement de protestation contre l’entreprise Formosa

15.11.2016 (Églises d'Asie) - Amnesty International a publié le 8 novembre dernier un communiqué concernant la pollution de l’environnement maritime dans la région du Centre-Vietnam. Il dénonce une campagne policière d’envergure lancée contre les militants catholiques et les blogueurs ayant manifesté ou s’étant exprimés contre le complexe sidérurgique Formosa, responsable la plus grande catastrophe écologique de l’histoire récente du Vietnam ...

Saving the pangolin: The fight to help 'the most trafficked mammal on earth'

15.11.2016 (9new) - Pangolin Mi Bo arrived at a rescue centre in Vietnam missing a paw, after it was cut off in a snare trap. The rest of his body is marked by cuts, and he will probably never regain enough strength to return to the wild. But he is among the lucky ones. ...

Cấn Thị Thêu, la vietnamita activista por la tierra, ha enfrentado violencia, arresto y encarcelamiento

12.11.2016 Escrito por Loa, Traducido por Milena Bernachea (Global Voices) - Relata la historia de la activista por los derechos sobre la tierra Can Thi Theu, quien fue arrestada en junio pasado por ‘provocar desorden público’ durante una manifestación. El 20 de setiembre fue sentenciada a 20 meses de prisión. ...

Thanks to Donald Trump, China just won the global green technology sector

11.11.2016 C. Custer (Tech in Asia) - There’s no denying who the king of technology in the 20th century was: America. But the 21st century poses new challenges that must be met by the rise of the green technology and green energy sectors across the globe. And whatever country is producing the best green tech solutions is in the pole position to spring to the top of the 21st century technological heap. America’s election of Donald Trump virtually guarantees that country will be China. ...

Vietnam Cracks Down on Dissenters

10.11.2016 (RFA) - The Vietnamese government is escalating a nationwide crackdown on human rights activists and people critical of the government’s handling of the chemical spill that devastated the country’s central coast, according to Amnesty International and other reports. ...

Vietnam verzichtet auf Bau eines Atomkraftwerks

10.11.2016 (NZZ) - (sda/dpa) Vietnam hat die Pläne für den Bau seines ersten Atomkraftwerks aufgegeben. Es bestehe kein Bedarf an Strom aus dem geplanten Projekt ...

Vietnam: Skepsis über Religionsgesetz

09.11.2016 (Radio Vatikan) - Aktivisten sehen das geplante Religionsgesetz mit Skepsis und Sorge. Wenn das Parlament den Text in seiner jetzigen Form beschließe, könnte das „viele Konflikte im Innern der Gesellschaft auslösen“, ...

China Just Won The U.S. Election

09.11.2016 James Palmer (Yahoo News / Foreign Policy Magazine) - The election of Donald Trump will be a disaster for anyone who cares about human rights, U.S. global leadership, and media freedom. That means it’s a victory for Beijing, where as I write, the Chinese leaders near me in the palatial complex of Zhongnanhai are surely cracking open the drinks and making mean jokes. The strongest U.S. allies, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, no longer confident in the U.S. nuclear umbrella, will begin seriously considering other alternatives — like acquiring their own nuclear deterrent, prompting new tensions with China. ...

China's nuclear power ambitions sailing into troubled waters

31.07.2016 (The Asahi Shimbun) - BEIJING--China's ambitions to become a pioneer in nuclear energy are sailing into troubled waters. In China's case, the achievement would be tempered by concern its reactors might be sent into harm's way to support oil exploration in the South China Sea, where Beijing faces conflicting territorial claims by neighbors including Vietnam and the Philippines. Chinese news reports say plans call for deploying 20 reactors there, though neither developer has mentioned the area. ...

Keeping Vietnam’s textile and garment industry competitive

30.07.2016 Authors: Tomoo Kikuchi, NUS and Huong Vo, VNU (East Asia Forum) - Vietnam has transformed from one of the world’s poorest countries to a lower middle income economy in just 25 years. Vietnam is at a crossroads: it can either move to the next level of industrialisation or risk losing competitiveness. ...

Chinese Hacktivists Attack Vietnamese Airports - Around 21 airports had serious problems with their systems

30.07.2016 (Softpedia) - A group of Chinese hacktivists named China 1937CN Team have delayed operations at 21 Vietnamese airports and defaced the website of state-owned Vietnam Airlines. The cyber-attacks started Friday afternoon, on July 29, and were initially detected at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. ...

Hackers target flight info screens at Vietnam's airports

29.07.2016 (DW) - The hackers displayed images supportive of Beijing's claims in the South China Sea on flight information screens. Vietnam's flagship carrier said their website had also been targeted by the cyberattack. ...

El aeropuerto de Vietnam, atacado por 'hackers' por las disputas territoriales sobre el mar Meridional

29.07.2016 (Europa Press) - La web de la aerolínea nacional de Vietnam, Vietnam Airlines, y las pantallas de información de los dos aeropuertos más grandes del país han sido pirateadas y mostraban informaciones que criticaban las demandas territoriales de Vietnam y Filipinas en relación con el mar Meridional de China. ...

China wird immer unbliebter

29.07.2016 Von Mathias Peer (8MRD) - das Gekritzel eines Grenzbeamten hat normalerweise nicht die Brisanz, um einen diplomatischen Eklat auszulösen. In der aufgeheizten Stimmung zwischen China und seinen Nachbarländern sieht die Sache anders aus: Ein vietnamesischer Beamter soll in den Pass einer Chinesin die Wörter „Fuck you“ geschrieben haben, berichten chinesische Staatsmedien. ...

Catastrophe environnementale au Vietnam

29.07.2016 (Métro) - HANOI, Viêtnam — La pire catastrophe de l’histoire du Vietnam empêche quelque 200 000 personnes, dont 41 000 pêcheurs, de gagner leur vie, a dénoncé vendredi le gouvernement du pays. Un rapport présenté à l’Assemblée nationale et cité par un quotidien local ajoute que la pollution générée par une aciérie taïwanaise a également décimé le tourisme dans quatre provinces. ...

Südchinesisches Meer: Kriegsdrohung in neun Punkten

29.07.2016 Johnny Erling aus Peking (derStandard) - Seit dem Schiedsspruch von Den Haag verschärfen Vietnam und die Philippinen ihren Reisepassstreit mit China Urlauber aus der Volksrepublik China halten an Vietnams internationalem Grenzübergang Mong Cai den Betrieb auf. Bis zu 3.000 Chinesen kommen hier täglich durch. Doch seit kurzem durchforsten Grenzbeamte ihre Pässe dahingehend, ob darin ein Visum eines vietnamesischen Konsulats klebt. ...

Vietnam says pollution from Taiwan firm affected 200,000

29.07.2016 (Bangkok Post) - HANOI - The Vietnamese government said the toxic pollution a Taiwanese-owned company has acknowledged discharging from its steel complex has harmed the livelihoods of more than 200,000 people, including 41,000 fishermen. ...

China's dismissal of maritime ruling could accelerate Asia's arms race

28.07.2016 Ryosuke Hanafusa (Nikkei Asian Review) - FARNBOROUGH, U.K. Territorial friction between China and its neighbors has been driving an Asiawide arms buildup. Given Beijing's firm rejection of the U.N. arbitral tribunal's recent ruling against its South China Sea claims, the race is likely to only accelerate. ...

Amid Rising China Tensions, It's Vietnamese for Trump (or Clinton)

28.07.2016 Trung Nguyen (VOA) - It might sound odd, but observers say Vietnamese nationals are smitten by the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, and that, just like their former American foes, many Vietnamese find themselves torn over whom to root for. ...

Fischsterben: Vietnamesische Küste großflächig verseucht - Keine Lösung für Säuberung in Sicht

27.07.2016 (Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz) - ... Zur Untersuchung der Umweltkatastrophe hatte die vietnamesische Regierung auch internationale Experten zu Rate gezogen. Doch leider wurde deren Aufgabe darauf eingeschränkt, zu den von einheimischen Wissenschaftlern der Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) erstellten Berichten Stellung zu nehmen und eine oberflächliche Besichtigung vor Ort vorzunehmen, wie der beteiligte deutsche Experte Dr. Friedhelm Schroeder berichtet. ...

Chinese woman claims Vietnamese border staff scribbled ‘F word’ on her passport

27.07.2016 (Asian Correspondent) - THE alleged scribbling of offensive words on a Chinese woman’s passport by Vietnamese border staff has caught the attention of the Chinese government. Beijing is raising the issue with Vietnam to seek an explanation as to why the immigration official wrote the ‘F word’ on two pages of the woman’s passport. ...

Cambodia’s Stateless Vietnamese

26.07.2016 (Asia Sentinel) - Up to 750,000 Vietnamese people are believed to be living in Cambodia, about 5 percent of the country’s population, but no one knows for sure. They are almost universally stateless. Few qualify for Cambodian citizenship. ...

Fear and caution in Hanoi

26.07.2016 Helen Clark (ASPI The Strategist) - The Permanent Court of Arbitration’s Arbitral Tribunal ruling against China in the South China Sea is no boon for Hanoi, at least so far.

This has been an interesting year for those of us who watch Vietnam. There’s a new government following the 12th National Congress, when powerhouse Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was ousted after he lost in his bid to become General Secretary. That begs the question as to whether economic reform will continue and, importantly, what form the USChina balancing act will now take? ...

Vietnam says it prefers bilateral talks with China on SCS

26.07.2016 By Vijay Joshi (Washington Post) - VIENTIANE, Laos — Vietnam aims to settle its territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea through bilateral negotiations even though it doesn’t rule out applying international laws, as the Philippines did in its recent arbitration victory, the deputy foreign minister said Tuesday. ...

Taiwan's Fishy New Move To Reassert Its Contested South China Sea Claim

26.07.2016 (Forbes) - Taiwan has become something of a pariah claimant to the heavily contested, resource-laden South China Sea. In a dispute dominated by China, Vietnam and the Philippines, diplomatically isolated Taiwan normally just pushes out pro forma foreign ministry statements, saying hey the sea is ours too, or appeals for cooperation across claimants. ...

Reversing China’s South China Sea grab

25.07.2016 By Kevin Smith (The Washington Times) - The South China Sea (SCS) is currently the focus of a dispute between the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. The PRC has preemptively deployed military personnel and equipment to enforce their claims to a trumped-up, self-identified but unrecognized “nine-dash line,” an imagined boundary that is inconsistent with international law and commonly accepted international behavior. ...

“La Niña del Napalm” ora por una Cuba libre

25.07.2016 (Marti Noticias) - Kim Phuc, protagonista de la famosa fotografía de la guerra de Vietnam donde aparece sufriendo los efectos del ataque de una bomba de napalm habló con TV Martí sobre sus anhelos para el pueblo de Cuba. ...

Vietnamese gang held for human trafficking in Dubai

25.07.2016 (Gulf News) - Dubai: Dubai Police have busted a gang which held a young Vietnamese woman in captivity for five days and tried to force her into the flesh trade. ...

Nach internationalem Schiedsspruch - Südchinesisches Meer: USA fordern China auf, Urteil anzuerkennen

25.07.2016 (Solinger Tageblatt) - Vientiane - Kann Asien beim Konfliktherd Südchinesisches Meer die Wogen glätten? Außenminister sehen den Frieden in Gefahr, China verspricht friedliche Lösungen. US-Außenminister Kerry will auch mitreden. Die Außenminister der südostasiatischen Staatengemeinschaft (Asean) äußerten vor einem Treffen mit ihrem chinesischen Kollegen Wang Yi in der laotischen Hauptstadt Vientiane ihre Sorge um die Stabilität der Region. China war erbost über den internationalen Schiedsgerichtshof in Den Haag, der seine weitreichenden Hoheitsansprüche vor zwei Wochen abgewiesen hatte- und reagierte mit zusätzlichen Militärmanövern. ...

After Days of Deadlock, ASEAN Releases Statement on South China Sea Dispute

25.07.2016 Charlie Campbell / Beijing (Time) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) released a watered-down joint statement regarding territorial disputes in the South China Sea on Monday, neglecting to refer to a recent court ruling against Beijing, following pressure from China. ...

China spaltet Südostasien

25.07.2016 von Manfred Rist (NZZ) - Der Streit um die Inseln im Südchinesischen Meer entzweit die südostasiatische Staatengruppe (Asean) mehr denn je. Die Aussenminister der zehn Länder, die sich am Sonntag in der laotischen Hauptstadt Vientiane trafen, konnten sich nicht einmal auf eine gemeinsame Wortwahl zum Territorialkonflikt einigen. Der Grund: Kambodscha als Verbündeter Pekings stellte sich gemäss diplomatischen Kreisen gegen jede Erwähnung des Urteils. ...

Vietnam's rubber-stamp assembly re-elects Quang as president

25.07.2016 (Business Standard ) - Tran Dai Quang was sworn in as Vietnam's president for the second time in four months after being re-elected today by the country's rubber-stamp National Assembly. ...

ASEAN deadlocked on South China Sea, Cambodia blocks statement

24.07.2016 By Manuel Mogato and Michael Martina (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations failed to agree on maritime disputes in the South China Sea on Sunday after Cambodia blocked any mention to an international court ruling against Beijing in their statement, diplomats said. ...

Asean in Haltung zu Streit um Südchinesisches Meer gespalten

24.07.2016 (Business Panorama) - Nach einem historischen Gerichtsurteil zum Territorialstreit im Südchinesischen Meer spaltet der Konflikt den Verband der Südostasiatischen Nationen (Asean): Bei einem Treffen in der laotischen Hauptstadt Vientiane gelang es den Außenministern der zehn Mitgliedstaaten am Sonntag nicht, sich auf eine Haltung zu dem Territorialkonflikt zu einigen, in dem sich China und die Philippinen, Malaysia, Vietnam und Brunei gegenüberstehen. ...

Camboya veta una declaración de la ASEAN por el contencioso del mar de China Meridional

24.07.2016 (Europa Press) - VIENTIÁN (Reuters/EP) - Camboya ha impedido una declaración conjunta de la Asociación de Naciones del Sureste Asiático (ASEAN, por sus siglas en inglés) por las disputas sobre la soberanía sobre un amplio sector del mar de China Meridional. ...

Dubai Police rescue Vietnam woman from traffickers

24.07.2016 By Nadia Sultan (The Gulf Today) - DUBAI: The Dubai Police rescued a Vietnamese woman, in her 20s, from a group of compatriots who illegally locked her up for trafficking. The police arrested five suspects, including a girl. ...

Vietnamese reporters attacked and beaten during Formosa steel firm investigation

23.07.2016 (Asian Correspondent) - THREE Vietnamese journalists were beaten while attempting to investigate a waste scandal involving Taiwanese-owned Formosa steel firm in the northern Phu Ninh District. ...

Irrigation in Mekong basin to expand farmland threatens Vietnam’s delta

23.07.2016 (The Nation) - SOUTHERN Vietnam is highly vulnerable to more drought and salinisation in the future when its fellow countries in the lower Mekong river basin irrigate the river water to serve their expanding farm land, experts warn. ...

Germeringer CSU setzt auf Thuy Tran

22.07.2016 (SZ) - Die Germeringer CSU geht mit einer eigenen Bewerberin in das Rennen um die CSU-Bundestagskandidatur im neuen Wahlkreis Starnberg-Landsberg-Germering. Die Bewerberin ist Stadträtin Thuy Tran. Die 25-jährige Studentin der Wirtschaftswissenschaften ist trotz ihres jugendlichen Alters schon viele Jahre politisch tätig, so in der Jungen Union (JU) und in der Frauenunion. Seit 2014 gehört sie dem Stadtrat an. ...

Starker Druck auf Christen - Vietnam: 108 Pastoren eingekerkert – Vergiftung droht

22.07.2016 Autor: Reinhold Scharnowski (livenet.ch) - Weil sie sich weigerten, ihre Hausgemeinden in eine grosse, offiziell anerkannte Kirche hineinzuregistrieren, sind mindestens 108 Pastoren in Vietnam im Gefängnis. Sie riskieren, vergiftet zu werden. Wie das Hilfswerk «Christian Aid Mission» berichtete, waren die Pastoren starkem Druck von offiziellen Stellen ausgesetzt, ...

La Chine continue à développer des îles en Mer de Chine du Sud

21.07.2016 Patrick Neuville (reinformation) - Li Jie, un expert naval de Pékin, vient d’expliquer au Global Times, média officiel chinois, que la Chine envisage de poursuivre la construction de zones habitables sur certaines îles de la Mer de Chine du Sud, à une échelle correspondant au niveau de « menaces » qu’elle dit subir dans la région. ...

PN wants Muscat to answer over sacking of Vietnamese MP as Labour calls Busuttil out on good governance

21.07.2016 (MaltaToday) - The Nationalist Party has insisted that it is up to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to explain how a Vietnamese MP was given Maltese citizenship, even though Vietnamese citizens are prohibited from having dual citizenship. Nguyen Thi Nguyet Huong, 46, was unanimously found guilty of breaking the Law on Vietnamese Nationality ...

Vietnam: More than 100 Christian pastors jailed, face being poisoned for trying to preach gospel

21.07.2016 By Ruth Gledhill (Christian Today) - More than 100 Vietnamese Christian pastors have been locked up and are at risk of being poisoned for refusing to sign up to a central, official church, according to Christian Aid Mission. ...

Vietnamese workers in Thailand: lesser known but valuable labour source

21.07.2016 Writer: Christopher Bruton (Bangkok Post) - Because of the lack of proper welcoming facilities, and the prevalence of illegal workers, there are no accurate statistics on the number of Mekong Region country nationals presently undertaking economic activities in Thailand. In addition to the predominant, direct neighbouring country workers, there is one additional important group of Mekong Region workers, namely the Vietnamese, who form a significant group of foreign workers in Thailand. ...

Chinas Ansprüche sind auf Sand gebaut

20.07.2016 von Matthias Naß (Zeit Online) - Das Völkerrecht gilt auch für China. Aber wie kann dessen Führung im Inselstreit zum Einlenken bewegt werden? Europa kann in diesem Streit nicht neutral bleiben. Der Anspruch Chinas auf rund 90 Prozent des Südchinesischen Meers ist von den anderen Anrainerstaaten – Vietnam, den Philippinen, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesien – immer bestritten worden. ...

Amnesty International dénonce les mauvais traitements infligés aux prisonniers de conscience dans les prisons du Vietnam

20.07.2016 (Églises d'Asie) - Ces derniers jours, plusieurs importantes organisations internationales de défense des droits de l’homme (Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International) ont alerté l’opinion mondiale sur la gravité des infractions aux droits de l’homme au Vietnam. ...

Formosa Steel verursacht Umweltkatastrophe in Vietnam

20.07.2016 Ulrike Kirsch (Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz Juli 2016) - Küstengewässer auf Jahrzehnte zerstört – Massives Fischsterben – Hunderttausende verlieren Lebensgrundlage. Ende Juni sollte die Roheisengewinnung im erst Ende 2015 in Betrieb genommenen Stahlwerk Formosa Steel Ha Tinh in Vietnam beginnen. Doch bereits in der Pilotphase kam es zu einer Umweltkatastrophe, die die Küste verseuchte, die Lebensgrundlage vieler Fischer und Aquafarmer zerstörte und auch der Tourismusbranche tiefe Einschnitte bereiten wird. ...

Südchinesisches Meer - China startet neue Manöver

19.07.2016 (FAZ) - Die Regierung in Peking sperrt einen Teil des Südchinesischen Meers für die Schifffahrt und warnt vor „militärischen Provokationen“. In dem umstrittenen Gebiet kommen künftig chinesische Bomber zum Einsatz. ...

Manila rejects Beijing offer of dialogue on S. China Sea dispute

19.07.2016 (The Asahi Shimbun) - MANILA--The Philippines has turned down a Chinese proposal to start bilateral talks, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, because of Beijing's precondition of not discussing a court ruling that nullified most of its South China Sea claims. ...

Just Where Exactly Did China Get the South China Sea Nine-Dash Line From?

19.07.2016 Hannah Beech / Shanghai (Time) - China's territorial claims in the South China Sea are made on the basis of a nine-dash line now ruled spurious by an international court. But where did the line originate from and why is Beijing so sensitive about it? ...

Hanói, decenas de activistas arrestados por protestar contra el imperialismo chino en los mares

18.07.2016 Thanh Nhan (AsiaNews) - Hanói - Las fuerzas de seguridad vietnamitas detuvieron a decenas de activistas por haber organizado manifestaciones anti-chinas en las plazas de la capital y en la Ciudad de Ho Chi Minh, la metrópolis del sur del país. ...

Le Vietnam empêche des manifestations antichinoises

17.07.2016 (spa) - Hanoï - Des dizaines de manifestants ont été arrêtés dimanche à Hanoi où ils voulaient protester contre le rejet par Pékin d'un jugement international qui invalide ses prétentions en mer de Chine méridionale. ...

Philippines wins trial of the century

17.07.2016 By Richard Javad Heydarian (Al Jazeera) - The Hague ruling is binding and final, so China can comply or be branded as an outlaw in the region - "Nothing but truth in here and it was unfair," lamented Aglaya Ivanovna, one of Dostoyevsky's protagonists in The Idiot. This was essentially China's response to a major legal setback, when an arbitration body at The Hague ruled against the Asian giant's expansive claims and assertive manoeuvres in the South China Sea. ...

Vietnamese Protesters Demand Justice Despite Government Settlement on Fish Kills

17.07.2016 Written by Don Le (Global Voices) - Netizens have quickly jumped online to share their frustration with the investigation process following the Vietnamese government’s media conference regarding the cause of the environmental disaster which led to 70 tonnes of dead fish being washed up ashore. The mysterious fish kill which destroyed the livelihoods of fisherfolk across central Vietnam was largely attributed to dirty discharge from the industrial plant of Formosa, a Taiwanese company. ...

‘Down with China invasion!’ Vietnam detains activists after South China Sea ruling

17.07.2016 (SCMP) - Scores of activists were detained in Vietnam’s capital Sunday as they gathered to protest against China after it rejected a recent international ruling that dismissed its claims to much of the South China Sea. ...

Vietnam: policía arresta a docenas en protesta contra China

17.07.2016 (20minutos) - La policía de Vietnam detuvo en el centro de Hanoi a docenas de personas que participaban en una protesta contra China y en apoyo del fallo de un tribunal internacional que rechazó los reclamos territoriales de Beijing en el mar del Sur de la China. ...

Vietnam detains anti-China activists over South China Sea dispute

17.07.2016 (DW) - Vietnam has detained dozens of activists at a rally protesting China's refusal to abide by an international tribunal's ruling. Vietnam and China have been locked in a territorial dispute over the South China Sea. At least 30 activists were swiftly bundled onto waiting buses and into cars by security forces Sunday ...

Vietnam removes protesters gathered for anti-China rally in Hanoi

17.07.2016 (The Guardian) - About two dozen people are bused away even before they begin their protest against Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea. Dozens of Vietnamese who gathered for an anti-China protest in central Hanoi were taken away by authorities on Sunday as they tried to rally support for an international tribunal’s ruling rejecting Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea. ...

Lecturer promoting cross-cultural understanding

16.07.2016 By Wu Po-hsuan and Jonathan Chin (The Taipei Times) - Tran Thi Hoang Phuong, a lecturer of Vietnamese at National Chengchi University, has been working to bridge Taiwanese and Vietnamese societies by promoting cross-cultural understanding through language classes, as well as television and radio programs. ...

FORMOSA PLASTICS - Aufklärung und vollständige Entschädigung. Jetzt!

15.07.2016 Von Ethecon (scharf-links) - FORMOSA HA TINH STEEL, eine Tochter der FORMOSA PLASTIC GROUP (FPG), ist für das große Fischsterben in Vietnam verantwortlich. Die Hauptversammlung des Konzerns in Taiwan war begleitet von breiten öffentlichen Protesten. ethecon überreichte im Saal einen Offenen Brief. Auch die taiwanesische und vietnamesische Regierungen erhielten einen Offenen Brief, entzogen sich allerdings jeglicher Reaktion. ...

China has moral binding to accept the Hague court verdict: Philippines and Vietnam

15.07.2016 By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury (The Economic Times) - NEW DELHI: Envoys of two key Southeast Asian nations Philippines and Vietnam having claims in the South China Sea (SCS) region on Friday emphasized that China has moral binding to accept the Hague court verdict as a signatory to UNCLOS amid Beijing's attempts to up the ante by issuing warning to various countries and threatening actions. ...

China’s problem with the rule of law

15.07.2016 (Livemint) - The weak legal standing of Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea has never been in any doubt outside China’s borders. The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration’s (PCA’s) ruling on Tuesday rebutting Beijing’s claims vis-a-vis the Philippines is thus unsurprising, even if its sweeping nature exceeded analysts’ expectations. The course Beijing charts now will have implications far beyond the South China Sea. And the initial signs are not positive. ...

Vietnam says investigating dry waste by Formosa steel unit

15.07.2016 (Reuters) - Vietnamese environmental authorities said they were working with local officials in the Ha Tinh province to investigate dry waste, belonging to a unit of Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group, that was found dumped on a residential farm. Vietnamese state media also reported that people in Thien Cam, about 60 km away from the Formosa steel plant to the north, suspect waste in a landfill there came from Formosa as well. ...

Streit um Südchinesisches Meer belastet Asien-Europa-Gipfel

14.07.2016 (Süddeutsche Zeitung) - Ulan Bator (dpa) - Der Territorialstreit um das Südchinesische Meer überschattet den Asien-Europa-Gipfel (Asem) in Ulan Bator. Die Philippinen und Japan wollen China bei dem Treffen drängen, die Entscheidung des internationalen Schiedsgerichts gegen die chinesischen Gebietsansprüche zu respektieren. ...

Südchinesisches Meer - Nationalismus auf hoher See

14.07.2016 Bernd Ludermann (Welt-Sichten) - In Den Haag ist ein brisantes Urteil gefällt worden: Ein Tribunal beim Internationalen Schiedshof hat den Philippinen im Streit über ein Seegebiet vor seinen Küsten Recht gegeben – gegen die Volksrepublik China. Doch die wird ihre Ansprüche bestenfalls mäßigen. ...

These 5 Facts Explain China’s Coming Challenges

14.07.2016 Ian Bremmer (Time) - A ruling from an international tribunal this week—that China’s expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea (SCS) have no legal standing—dealt President Xi Jinping a minor setback and generated headlines around the world. But it’s inside China’s borders where Xi’s considerable strength will be tested. These five facts explain the challenges ahead for China and its formidable president. ...

Pekín inaugura dos aeropuertos en arrecifes de mar de China Meridional

14.07.2016 (El Tiempo) - China inauguró dos aeropuertos situados en arrecifes de las islas Spratly del Mar de China Meridional, después que un tribunal internacional diera la razón a Filipinas en la disputa territorial entre ambos países por esa zona marítima. ...

FPG denies killing fish

13.07.2016 By Chen Wei-han (The Taipei Times) - ‘CONFLICTING’:An Environmental Jurists Association official said the data were incomplete, as they lacked coordinate information and the collectors’ names. - A senior official on Monday said that monitoring data suggested that a Formosa Plastics Group (FPG)-invested steel mill in Vietnam was not to blame for a pollution incident and massive fish die-off. ...

De l’utilisation des croyances et des religions à des fins politiques au Vietnam – l’analyse de deux universitaires de Hanoi

13.07.2016 (Églises d'Asie) - L’interview sur la religion que l’on lira ci-dessous a été recueillie par Gia Minh, journaliste à Radio Free Asia (RFA - émissions en vietnamien), auprès de deux spécialistes vietnamiens de la question religieuse, présentés par lui comme appartenant au Centre d’études Asie-Pacifique de l’Université nationale de Hanoi. ...

Hung from the ceiling and beaten by police — a rare glimpse into the treatment of Vietnam’s political prisoners

13.07.2016 Gemma Wilson (News Corp Australia Network) - DURING the first 10 months of Dar’s five-year detention, he was kept in solitary confinement in a tiny cell, in total darkness and complete silence. For the first two months, he was hauled from his cell each day to be interrogated and beaten. Dar, an indigenous man from Vietnam’s central highlands, was arrested for organising peaceful demonstrations over religious freedom and human rights. ...

Nach Schiedsspruch: China droht im Inselstreit mit Luftverteidigungszone

13.07.2016 (Spiegel Online) - Die chinesische Regierung will das Den Haager Urteil im Inselstreit nicht akzeptieren - und verschärft die Rhetorik: "Macht das Südchinesische Meer nicht zu einer Wiege des Krieges". Nach dem Schiedsspruch zum Südchinesischen Meer droht China mit der Ausrufung einer Luftverteidigungszone in dem Seegebiet. ...

Umweltprobleme in Vietnam - Selbstgenähte Jutebeutel statt Fischsterben

12.07.2016 von Philipp Hinz (Wirtschaftswoche) - Im Mai diesen Jahres sind Millionen tote Fische an das Ufer einer 200 Kilometer langen Strandlandschaft in Vietnam gespült worden. Das Geschäft mit Tourismus und Fisch kollabierte. Vor wenigen Tagen hat die vietnamesische Regierung nun bestätigt, dass giftige Abwässer eines Stahlwerks der taiwanesischen Firma Formosa die Ursache waren. ...

Human Rights: Amnesty blasts Vietnam on treatment of prisoners of conscience

12.07.2016 (DW) - Vietnam's prisoners of conscience are routinely tortured, beaten and kept from their families. An Amnesty International report has exposed some disturbing aspects to their detainment. ...

China sank fishing boat in the disputed region: Vietnam

12.07.2016 (The Hindu) - Vietnam has accused the Chinese coastguard of sinking a fishing boat near a disputed island chain, authorities said on Tuesday. Two Vietnamese boats were chased by a pair of Chinese coastguard ships on Saturday afternoon off Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province ...

Pékin furieux après avoir été désavoué par la CPA sur la mer de Chine méridionale

12.07.2016 (Le Nouvel Observateur) - La Haye (AFP) - Pékin a réagi avec colère mardi après qu'une cour internationale à La Haye a donné raison aux Philippines en statuant que les revendications chinoises en mer de Chine méridionale n'avaient "aucun fondement juridique", au risque d'exacerber encore les tensions dans la région. ...

China vs. Philippinen: Insel oder Felsen? Worum es beim Streit im Südchinesischen Meer geht

12.07.2016 Von Vanessa Steinmetz (Spiegel Online) - Im Streit um Inseln im Südchinesischen Meer hat ein Gericht in Den Haag zugunsten der Philippinen entschieden. Befriedet das den Konflikt mit Peking? Oder steht ein neues Wettrüsten bevor? Worum geht es genau? ...