My friend Guangxi and Guangdong were never populated by Vietnamese (Austroasiatics) this seems to be a common myth among Vietnamese. Southeast China (both Guangs) is homeland to Austronesian populations.
Yelang is a southern kingdom of the Miao-Yao tribes not Vietnamese. You'd think we would...
I wanted to show more than the one sided views I've been seeing tossed around on d.pk. Vietnamese claims to the islands come after annexing Champa before then their was nothing. A Chinese sailor discovered the islands before the annexation of Champa Vietnam. China also has a valid historical...
Interesting. I googled Ahom Kingdom wikipedia states "The kingdom was established by Sukaphaa, a Tai prince from Mong Mao, in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra river between the extant Sutiya kingdom in the north and the Kachari kingdom in the south".
Further 'Tai' is a language group that...
Geographically the Spratleys are closest to Malaysia and the Philipines. The 2 countries have been open and fair to claims by surrounding countries.
Historically there was no southern Vietnam until the invasion on Champa in 1471-ish. The Vietnamese are late comers. A Chinese sailor by the name...
If we're to say the paracel islands is part of china then claiming the spratleys is not much distant from the Vietnamese claims to the spratleys. Let's not be so bias on our views and opinions.
All countries in dispute are claiming few to all islands lets not focus only on chinas claims. The...
Bollocks!
If we talk about historical claims Champa/Malay people would own the spratelys. Vietnamese were in the red river delta. The islands were occupied by austronesians long before you viets came around, therefore the Chinese have equal claim.
Your country is not so innocent my friend...
Robbers??? You might be able to fool some but you can't fool them all. Your country are the true robbers the spratelys are closer to Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines but yet your country hold over 40 islands. Greedy?