We have gotten to watch the Chinese Navy as this article pointed out. Also, there was an incident involving the Chinese Navy shot dead several of Vietnamese fishermen on January 8th, 2005. There is conflicting information provided by both sides: Chinese and Vietnamese. Born and raised in Vietnam for 17 years, I knew more likely than not that it is the big bully China exerting its strong arm tactics again.

An amazing biography of the new secretary of state. Of the senators that voted against her nomination, I wonder how many of them could have put forth a more impressive life story, being an African-American woman, who can be truly judged on "the content of her character" and not "the color of her skin." Most of them are still busy trying to devise policies would judge people on "the color of their skin" than "the content of their character" though it's been more than two generations ago since the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Most immigrants, particularly Asian, have succeeded in the 1.5 generation: the generation that was born outside the US but educated here.