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China rift opens in Vietnam (Duy Hoang, 1/14/09, Asia Times)

Negotiating teams from Vietnam and China recently announced a final agreement for demarcating the two countries' long-contested 1,350-kilometer land border. While the deal seemed to have resolved one simmering dispute between the nations, it has deepened rifts between the Vietnamese communist leadership and some in the military over how best to deal with their larger northern neighbor.

The Hanoi government's handling of the border negotiation has also inflamed passions among Vietnamese students and intellectuals, many of whom believe that the ruling Communist Party now kowtows to Beijing, on which it depends for political support.

Liberalize their politics and we'll help them defend their borders.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 13, 2009 10:00 AM