Taiwan to Vietnam: ‘We’re not Chinese’

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Taiwan to Vietnam: ‘We’re not Chinese’
Taiwanese firms are literally flying the national flag in Vietnam to protect their interests against a rising wave of anti-China sentiment
By MA NGUYEN HO CHI MINH CITY, AUGUST 7, 2018 5:35 PM (UTC+8) 612 4

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Taiwanese companies in Vietnam are increasingly being squeezed between a rock and a hard place as China ramps up diplomatic pressure on their displays of national identity.

If they hang Taiwan’s national flag outside their offices and factories, then China kicks up a threatening fuss with Hanoi about its professed sovereignty over the island state Beijing views as a renegade province.

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