You can trust China that it will never interfere in your internal affairs, attempt a color revolution, pit one group against the other by arming one at the cost of other, seek fifth-columns and paid NGOs to bring down your government. Yes, on all these, you can trust China.
It is true that we have a territorial dispute. You are welcome to negotiate it on bilateral basis. Resources can be shared and disputes can be shelved. If Japan can negotiate and shelve the dispute, so can Vietnam, which shares a closer ideological affinity with China.
Our language in bilateral relations should be one of peace and mutual development. Personally, I think of Vietnam as a fiercely independent nation. That's beyond respect. So is China. Without letting any third party to intervene and to use each one of us as a playground for their own selfish ends, we can negotiate.
Do you honestly believe that others will think of Vietnam's interests more than China would?
International relations rule number one: Every free minded nation is alone in the jungle.
Number two: The lackeys are expendable. US will not hesitate to use South Korea (even at the cost of the North nuking them) if their greater interests require so.
Number three: You cannot change your geographic destiny. We have to sit next to each other even if we do not want.
