{"id":1368,"date":"2018-03-08T02:56:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T02:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2018-03-08T02:56:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T02:56:59","slug":"china-unhappy-over-us-carrier-visit-to-vietnam-newspaper-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2018\/03\/08\/china-unhappy-over-us-carrier-visit-to-vietnam-newspaper-says\/","title":{"rendered":"China unhappy over US carrier visit to Vietnam, newspaper says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BEIJING \u2014 Beijing is unhappy with the first visit by a U.S. aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port since the Vietnam War<\/a> and is monitoring developments, a Communist Party newspaper said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, the Global Times said the USS Carl Vinson\u2019s visit was unlikely to alter the balance of power in the South China Sea<\/a>, which China claims virtually in its entirety and has been fortifying with military structures on man-made islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cChina\u2019s vigilance and unhappiness are inevitable, but we don\u2019t think that the USS Carl Vinson\u2019s Vietnam trip can stir up troubles in the South China Sea,\u201d the paper known for its hard-line nationalist views said in an editorial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The visit \u201cwill not generate any special tools to pressure China,\u201d while the U.S. sending warships to the South China Sea will \u201conly waste money,\u201d the paper said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vietnam and China have extensive overlapping claims to islands and resources in the sea, and U.S. officials say the port call is a sign of the U.S. commitment to the region and U.S.-Vietnam ties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cCarl Vinson being here, me being here, this is about Vietnam. This is about our relationship with Vietnam, both from a military relationship and from a comprehensive partnership relationship,\u201d Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, told reporters in a conference call Tuesday from the Vietnamese port of Da Nang, where the ship docked Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sawyer and other officials have not linked the ship\u2019s visit to China\u2019s activities in the South China Sea, but he did note Washington\u2019s concerns over China\u2019s moves to put teeth behind its territorial claims and unanswered questions about China\u2019s purpose in its rapid military expansion and upgrading<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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