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Press Release 5: VietWill to join demonstration at SF Chinese Consulate |
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Written by Le Duc
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 08:46 |
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For immediate release
4 December 2008
In the wake of recent acts of aggression carried out by China in the South China Sea, adding to a long list of acts of aggression by this country over the last 40 years, VietWill will join the demonstration at the Chinese consulate on 5 December 2008 in San Francisco. Expected at the demonstsration will be members of the overseas Vietnamese community who will call on China to cease its control over the Paracel Islands which it seized from Vietnam in 1974 and to give up its claims on the Spratly Islands, part of which it seized from Vietnam in 1988.
In being present at the demonstration, VietWill's primary agenda is to call on China to stop claiming over 3/4th of the South China Sea as its historic sea as well as stop making illegal claims of the two archipelagos. Moreover, VietWill wants to call for international attention to China's behavior of interfering with sovereignty of other countries, such as the recent pressure by China to force ExxonMobil to cease its oil exploration contract with Vietnam while announcing a 29 billion budget of its own for oil exploration in the South China Sea. Finally, VietWill plans to voice a message of unity to other Southeast Asian countries both involved and not involved in the dispute to form a united stance in order to counteract China's aggressive claims and actions in the region.
Demonstration information
Location: Chinese Consulate
1450 Laguna Street
San Francisco
Day: Friday, December 5th, 2008
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Please join us and fight in this important issue. We will be wearing our brown t-shirt with the image of the legendary bronze drum, which is the pride of Vietnamese ancestors.
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Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2008 00:44 |
monkey boys and girls R into monkey business again. Arguing for territories?? isn't your motto is mainly about saving the fishermen lives? bunch of hypocrits. losers!