Defend the Defenders, January 19, 2018
Authorities in Hanoi have decided a Vietnam-China cultural event scheduled on the evening of January 19 on the 44th day of the loss of Hoang Sa (Paracels) to the northern giant country under pressure of people.
However, authorities in many Vietnamese localities have taken many measures to prevent local activists from gathering to commemorate 74 soldiers of the Vietnam Republic who were killed by the Chinese naval forces which took over the archipelago from Vietnam after bloody battles in 1974.
The cultural event cancelation was made due to technical problem, according to the authorities of the Big Theater where it was planned on the occasion of a visit of a Chinese delegation.
It is likely the cancelation is taken after many activists expressed their dissatisfaction about the event which is considered as the shame move on the day of Hoang Sa commemoration. Many activists called the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism to demand for its suspension while others criticized the planned event on their Facebook accounts.
Patriotic Vietnamese planned to gather in centers of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to pay tributes to Hoang Sa fallen soldiers on Friday, as they did in recent years. However, authorities in the two cities have applied many measures to prevent their gatherings.
Authorities have sent numerous police, plainclothes agents and militia to the Ly Thai To monument in Hanoi and the Tran Hung Dao monument in HCM City to block people from gathering there. They also deploy pro-government thugs there who are ready to disturb all activists of patriotic people. Only small groups of activists were able to come to pay tributes to the fallen soldiers.
From early morning of Friday, plainclothes agents were sent to private residences of activists in a bid to block them from going out on Friday, activists have complained on their Facebook accounts.
China took over Hoang Sa from the Vietnam Republic in 1974 when the two parts of the Southeast Asian nation held war. While the Saigon regime strongly protested the Chinese invasion, Hanoi remained silent as it received huge assistance from Beijing in the internal war which started in late 1950s and ended with the invasion of the communist troops in the southern region in 1975.
The Chinese invasion of Hoang Sa is the first step of Beijing’s plan to take the entire East Sea (South China Sea), including Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratlys), the two archipelagos under peaceful administration of Vietnam since the 17th century.
China claims nearly the East Sea while other countries in the region, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan claim partly. In 2016, the Hague Arbitrary Court rejected China’s claim, saying it is groundless.
Hanoi verbally protests China’s claim, however, the communist government has suppressed local activists who are voicing against Beijing’s expansionism in the resource-rich sea which is very important for global trade as goods around $5 billion are transported in the waters annually.
Many anti-China activists have been imprisoned and harassed in the past few years.
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January 19, 2018
Hanoi Cancels Vietnam-China Cultural Event but Block Activists from Commemorating Paracels Fallen Soldiers
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Defend the Defenders, January 19, 2018
Authorities in Hanoi have decided a Vietnam-China cultural event scheduled on the evening of January 19 on the 44th day of the loss of Hoang Sa (Paracels) to the northern giant country under pressure of people.
However, authorities in many Vietnamese localities have taken many measures to prevent local activists from gathering to commemorate 74 soldiers of the Vietnam Republic who were killed by the Chinese naval forces which took over the archipelago from Vietnam after bloody battles in 1974.
The cultural event cancelation was made due to technical problem, according to the authorities of the Big Theater where it was planned on the occasion of a visit of a Chinese delegation.
It is likely the cancelation is taken after many activists expressed their dissatisfaction about the event which is considered as the shame move on the day of Hoang Sa commemoration. Many activists called the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism to demand for its suspension while others criticized the planned event on their Facebook accounts.
Patriotic Vietnamese planned to gather in centers of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to pay tributes to Hoang Sa fallen soldiers on Friday, as they did in recent years. However, authorities in the two cities have applied many measures to prevent their gatherings.
Authorities have sent numerous police, plainclothes agents and militia to the Ly Thai To monument in Hanoi and the Tran Hung Dao monument in HCM City to block people from gathering there. They also deploy pro-government thugs there who are ready to disturb all activists of patriotic people. Only small groups of activists were able to come to pay tributes to the fallen soldiers.
From early morning of Friday, plainclothes agents were sent to private residences of activists in a bid to block them from going out on Friday, activists have complained on their Facebook accounts.
China took over Hoang Sa from the Vietnam Republic in 1974 when the two parts of the Southeast Asian nation held war. While the Saigon regime strongly protested the Chinese invasion, Hanoi remained silent as it received huge assistance from Beijing in the internal war which started in late 1950s and ended with the invasion of the communist troops in the southern region in 1975.
The Chinese invasion of Hoang Sa is the first step of Beijing’s plan to take the entire East Sea (South China Sea), including Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratlys), the two archipelagos under peaceful administration of Vietnam since the 17th century.
China claims nearly the East Sea while other countries in the region, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan claim partly. In 2016, the Hague Arbitrary Court rejected China’s claim, saying it is groundless.
Hanoi verbally protests China’s claim, however, the communist government has suppressed local activists who are voicing against Beijing’s expansionism in the resource-rich sea which is very important for global trade as goods around $5 billion are transported in the waters annually.
Many anti-China activists have been imprisoned and harassed in the past few years.