[Asia Pacific] U.S. warns China its actions in sea disputes are straining relations

REUTERS:

"U.S. warns China its actions in sea disputes are straining relations
(Reuters) - China's "provocative" actions in maritime disputes with its neighbors are straining ties with the United States, raising questions over how the world's two biggest economies can work together, a senior U.S. official said." 

"Violence abates in Vietnam as U.S. warns China for 'provocation'
(Reuters) - Anti-China violence subsided in Vietnam on Friday after the prime minister called for calm, but the United States said China's "provocative" actions in maritime disputes were dangerous and had to stop."

USATODAY:

"Vietnam leader sends texts amid South China Seas standoff

BEIJING — Vietnam's Prime Minister texted millions of citizens late Thursday encouraging them to defend the nation's sovereignty in a dispute with China over an oil rig that has left at least two Chinese workers dead and injured a 100 more."

USNEWS:

"China Pushes Vietnam's Buttons

Earlier this month in Vietnam, many residents chose to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory over the French on the beaches of Nha Trang. Yet while they sunbathed or splashed in the ocean, few could have been aware that some 130 nautical miles off those same waters, other Vietnamese were busy confronting a flotilla of some 80 Chinese ships."

GLOBALPOST:

"Vietnam ambassador apologizes to Taiwan for riots

Vietnam's de facto ambassador to Taiwan offered a personal apology to Taiwan on Friday for substantial losses suffered by Taiwanese companies in anti-China protests and violence in Vietnam."

THEJAPANTIME:

"Vietnam violence ups stakes for U.S.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING/HANOI – The outbreak of deadly protests against China in Vietnam raises the stakes for the United States, which has rallied behind Beijing’s neighbors but faces ugly new realities."

TUOITRENEWS:
"China uses vessels, fighter jet to bully Vietnam in oil rig tension 
A photo collection by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper’s two on-site journalists shows Chinese vessels and a fighter jet chasing, intimidating, and firing water cannons at Vietnamese ships around Beijing’s illegal oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 illegally placed in Vietnamese waters in the East Vietnam Sea."

Oh God ! China please stops bullying your own neighbor !