2014 Vietnam anti-China protests
2014 Vietnam anti-China protest (Vietnamese: Biểu tình phản đối Trung Quốc tại Việt Nam 2014) was a series of anti-China protests followed by unrest and riots across Vietnam in May 2014, in response to China deploying an oil rig in a disputed region of the South China Sea.
| 2014 Vietnam anti-China protest | ||||
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| Part of Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff | ||||
Vietnamese protesters in Hanoi, 11 May 2014 | ||||
| Date | 10 May–15 July 2014 | |||
| Location | 22 Vietnamese provinces, notably in Bình Dương, Cần Thơ, Đồng Nai, Hà Tĩnh, Hải Phòng, Hà Nội, Hồ Chí Minh, Thái Bình PRC provinces: Haikou, Sanya and other Chinese cities closer to Vietnam. Overseas in major cities with large Vietnamese communities, including: Australia: Melbourne Canada: Montreal, Toronto Italy: Milan, Rome France: Paris Germany: Berlin, Frankfurt Japan: Tokyo Poland: Warsaw USA: Los Angeles, Houston, Orange County, San Diego, San Jose, Washington D.C. UK: London Hong Kong: Hong Kong | |||
| Caused by | China deployed an oil rig in a disputed section between the two countries | |||
| Methods | Worldwide protests, riots in various locations in Vietnam | |||
| Resulted in | China had to withdraw the rig after Typhoon Rammasun | |||
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| Lead figures | ||||
No centralized leader Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Xi Jinping | ||||
Although the PRC oil rig was used as the rallying event, several of the early organizers are claimed to have stated that they organized the protests to complain about government repression of free speech and government collaboration with China, and that using the oil rig as the stated cause of the protests was done in an attempt to prevent governmental backlash.
In Bình Dương Province, the province most heavily affected by the protests, only 14 of the 351 factories that were damaged, looted, or destroyed were owned by Chinese corporations.