We're living in the 21st century sir, not in the time when Chinese claimed the entire world as their "Under Heaven" (天下)。 So, please stop your sweet dream about that glory past and your tributary system.
Now, I partly understand my teacher's saying when he arrived in Beijing at the 2008 Beijing Olympic. He said" Chinese people show great hospitality but sometimes it's really annoying while they keep talking about the past, particularly their history".
In fact, there was time in the past when Vietnam was China's tributary state but now Vietnam is an independent state already sir. It's an obvious fact and people all over the world do recognizance that, only Chinese like could not realize.
Who say China is not a world power now. Indeed, it is. But we don't care. We like India, we sell oil for her. We do not like China, we drive you out of the South China Sea, that's simple.
We're fed up with low-tech, short-value, environmentally harmful and resources extracting Chinese investments and projects here in Vietnam sir.
Do not talk about a win-win cooperation when Chinese do not intend to have any long-term relationship with Vietnam. For China, it's only about resources extracting and cheap goods exporting to kill the Vietnamese homegrown economy.