the oil ridges move so it is a small win by us. Maybe because CNese gov only move the oil ridges there to test the reaction. Once they know it they move on? VNese has less boats and smaller boats than CNese, our boats get rammed a lot and are circled by CNese, but we still try to be there. I think that is good enough. I will not argue who is stronger CN or VN. Because everyone know that 100+ boats can easily out-maneuver 20 something boats. Its clear that currently CN is the strongest in Asia, its a fact. But that fact doesnt justify CN actions of bullying smaller neighbors.
China did fight against the Jap, maybe not with everything they can, but they did have some battles with Japs in WW 2.
VNese lacks of ammunitions, we also did fight the Japs in guerrilla warfares. However our actions are so small in the larger theater of WW 2, and we still did not have a government recognized internationally so they did not talk much about us. In fact they just ignore us so the French can comeback as nothing ever happened.