What happens if China invades?

[Peter_Donahoe@notes.rbs.org]

From: Peter Donahoe@RBS on 03/21/97 06:37 PM

Would it be too provocative to wonder what a top scholar from China would, after
analyzing the documents,  say  about  the Chinese claims to the disputed
islands?

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After researching all Vietnamese and Chinese govt documents on the topic
Hoang sa - Truong sa, a top VN scholar pointed out that the VNese
arguments carry more conviction than the Chinese ones.

TQ co' nhu+~ng ly' le~ nu+.c cuo+`i dde^^'n mu+'c ba?o ra(`ng nha` Ha'n
nha` Dduo+`ng dda~ tu+`ng tha^^u go^^`m 2 qd HS-TS, trong khi va`o tho+`i
ddo', ma^^'y mo?m san ho^^ na`Y chu+a he^^` no^^?i le^^n kho?i ma(.t nuo+'c
nhu+ hie^^.n nay. Thu+.c te^^' la` Champa dda~ tu+`ng kiie^^?m soa't toa`n bo^^.
vu`ng bie^^?n Ddo^^ng, trong ddo' co' 2 qd, thuo+ng nha^^n Arabs tho+`i
ddo' buo^^n ba'n vo+'i TQ go.i ca'i today South China Sea la` bie^^?n
Champa. Ca'c chu'a Ngyue^^~n ke^^' thu+`a truye^^`n tho^^'ng na`y cu?a ca'c
vua Champa. lie1n tu.c kie^^?m soa't 2 qd. Ca^^`n lu+u y' la` kha'i nie^^.m bie^^n
gio+'i ma` nay ta va^^~n du`ng la` 1 kha'i nie^^.m phuo+ng Ta^^y, mo+'i tho^^ng
du.ng o+? cha^^u A' tu+` ho+n 100 na(m nay. Nga`y xu+a, tre^^n dda^^'t lie^^`n, chi?
co' bie^^n gio+'i Ta-Ta`u la` pha^^n ddi.nh dda`ng hoa`ng, sau
na`Y la` bie^^n gio+'i Ta-Mie^^n. Co`n bie^^n gio+'i Ta-La`o pha^^n ddi.nh
nhu+ sau: cho^^~ na`o nha` ne^^`n la` cu?a ta, nha` sa`n la` cu?A La`o.
Tre^^n bie^^?n thi` thu+.c te^^' la` ca'c chu'a Nguye^^~n dda~ to^^? chu+'c tua^^`n
duye^^n, thu thue^^' o+? 2 qd HS-TS, coi do' nhu+ da^^'t ddai cu?a mi`nh ma` cha?
co' ai pha?n ddo^^'i. Pha'p ba?o ho^^. ta cu~ng dda~ kie^^?m
soa't va` chie^^'m giu+~ ca? 2 qd tre^^n thu+.c te^^', tuy nhie^^n ho^^`i ddo'
nuo+'c me. cu?a ta cu~ng ddi.nh ddo^^?i HS cho Ta`u dde^^? la^^'y va`i nhuo+.ng
ddi.a trong da^^'t lie^^`n TQ.