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| Vietnam Coast Guard ship (left) - China Goast Guard ship (right) |
In an article carried by the state-run China Daily on Sunday, a Beijing-based international relations expert warned that China should be "particularly vigilant" of Vietnam's trick to depict itself as a "victim" in the South China Sea dispute.
Lu Yang, a Beijing-based scholar, wrote in his article that Vietnam intended to orchestrate a self-injury scenario to slander China for taking advantage of its stronger national strength to "bully the weaker," so as to win sympathies and support.
He suggested that China should avoid head-on clashes from troublemaking Vietnamese vessels and collect and publish evidence on provocative Vietnamese behaviors.
Read the full story at Want China Times
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