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No. The legal procedure even during a war is to interdict the ship. Attacking civilian merchant ships with AShMs from afar will likely constitute war crimes. Also remember a significant chunk of merchant ships bound for China fly non-Chinese flags and/or are manned by non-Chinese sailors.

I know they used imperial titles in Vietnam but the question was whether they were allowed to use imperial titles in a peace treaty with China as @Viet attested. My impression was they used imperial titles in Vietnam but always presented themselves as kings to China.

While I doubt any Chinese court would compromise on imperial titles (sovereignty and army would be fine), I’m willing to stand corrected if you can give me some references for your claim. Thailand needs to get its acts together, but I wouldn’t count them out just yet. Hope something good will...

Vietnam is not South Korea. Back in the Imperial days Korea was a loyal subject whereas Vietnam only professed loyalty while secretly committing treason by misappropriating Imperial titles. Even now Vietnam harbors hegemonic ambition over Indo-China Peninsula. We must continue to strengthen our...

I think a compromise can be reached. IP owners donate their IPs and India donate its manufacturing capacities so India can supply WHO with vaccines completely free of charge.

I'm sure whatever 'backing off' involved had more to do with the overall bilateral relation with South Korea rather than anything to do with whatever 'soft power' South Korea supposedly commands. Chinese government twice made the same mistake of actively promoting Korean pop culture in China...

Basketball is popular in China but less so than football. People watch NBA and to a lesser extend CBA but generally don't pay much attention to FIBA championships. The only international competition people really care about is Summer Olympics. Chinese men's national team seriously messed up last...

Sorry for being off-topic on a very grim thread, but is the girl's name Gulnaz Persian in origin? I'm curious because a well-known Chinese actress has the same or at least a closely related name.

The export number measures the total gross value of a country's exports, while GDP measures added value. Suppose Vietnam assembles a $300 Samsung phone from $250 worth of imported components and exports it. This phone adds $300 to Vietnam's export but only $50 to its GDP. Vietnam exports a...

Vietnam revised its GDP counting method so their GDP is well above $300 billion now. In any case, GDP is supposed to measure added value whereas export is total value. So they measure different things.

The cowboy hat didn’t suit him, would have looked fiercer had Modi worn a peacock headdress. or just have his buddy sit on the top of his head

But are they refugees? Just curious because there is a sizeable Rohingya community in Yunnan, China but they are all merchants with legal work visas.

Go read the article. Melting glaciers are results of climate change. I really don't think a Vietnamese should be gloating over climate change's effects on China when its effects on Vietnam have been and will continue to be much worse. https://germanwatch.org/en/cri

Because mRNA vaccine is a new thing and China wants to be a part of the supply chain in case it's indeed the future? Progress on China's own mRNA vaccine is behind Pfizer's.

China spends 5% of its GDP on healthcare. 32% of 5% is 1.5%. The U.S. spends 17% of its GDP on healthcare. 11% of 17% is 1.8%. So the Chinese public is spending 1.5% of GDP on out-of-pocket medical bills whereas the American public is spending 1.8%, yet the article is claiming the U.S. system is...

Yet Viet Nam is already ranked lower on Yale's Environmental Performance Index while being substantially less industrialized than China. Is that something to be proud of? Have some sense of humility and stop mocking others when you're no better.

Gotta love these 'country X building weapon Y because of big bad China' articles. Japanese defence spending has been around 0.9% - 1% of their GDP since forever. Of course they are going to build/buy weapons. What else are they going to spend their budget on? Yachts for the military brass? So...

Environmental Performance Index 2020 country rank epi score 10-year change China 120 37.3 8.4 Viet Nam 141 33.4 5.4 Pakistan 142 33.1 6.1 India 168 27.6 - https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2020/component/epi Most posters here come (originally) from countries that need to...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Siang_Hydroelectric_Project India ignored China's concerns when they were building their dams, and now they're crying 'liquid bomb'. Since India has threatened Chinese interests upstream, China of course should take control of its water to minimize the...

What do you mean by "piggyback"? Are you suggesting women's achievements are somehow less important or less legitimate than men's? Are you suggesting it is somehow problematic if women's tennis is taken into account when comparing two countries' strength in tennis?