Vietnam also hopes we will build a high-speed railway for them, which is just a dream! As soon as our commercial center on Yongxing Island opened, Vietnam immediately jumped out to oppose. A spokesperson of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, Pham Thu Hang, claimed that Vietnam reiterates its sovereignty claim over the "Huangsha Islands" with "full historical evidence and legal basis," asserting that "any foreign activities conducted in the Huangsha Islands without Vietnam's consent are illegal and invalid," and Vietnam firmly opposes such activities. To be honest, Vietnam has been filling in the sea to create reefs all along; don't think we can't see it.

We are conducting commercial activities on our own territory, which is reasonable and legal. What, now does Vietnam want to take back our Xisha Islands? That's just a dream. To be blunt, regarding our rise, Vietnam clearly has the attitude of treating us as a fool, wanting to ride on our coattails without paying anything, and the investment of 67 billion US dollars in the North-South High-Speed Railway project is a clear proof of this.

To lure us into the trap, Vietnam brought Germany into the game, and made conditions with us, asking us to transfer technology, to fund upfront, and to provide large amounts of low-interest or even interest-free loans. For their own country's major development projects, they are not willing to take any risk themselves, taking all the benefits, which is the attitude of Vietnam in cooperation. We won't indulge them, we won't bid, we'll just watch from the sidelines. After all, since Vietnam isn't in a hurry, we don't need to be either.

Now that Vietnam hasn't yet become strong, it already shows an aggressive face, fighting with us over territory. When Vietnam becomes stronger, who knows what kind of face it will show. Therefore, from our perspective, we can do business with Vietnam, sign contracts, but we must be cautious about key technologies and key investments. To be blunt, it's not bad for Vietnam to develop slowly. We also need to be careful, because Vietnam has done things like biting back before, and we remember that well.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1854004895758537/

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