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October 11, 2014

Partial lifting of U.S. arms sales to Vietnam condemned by China
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2014
China objected Friday to the U.S. decision to partially lift its ban on selling weapons to Vietnam, calling it an interfering and destabilizing action. The objection came in a news story printed by People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Beijing government. "This is not a sensible course of action," it said in a carefully worded presentation. "Moreover, the policy is a clear extension of America's interference with the balance of power in the region." The U.S. State D ... read more

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