Russia (!) + US + Vietnam vs China

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Ben Bland, Twist of Fate Sees Old Foes as Allies in Power Tussle; Disputed waters; Changing dynamics mean the US and Russia work with Vietnam to counter China's rise. Financial Times, June 15, 2011 (title in print; online
title: Vietnam shift could see return of US ships).
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9bbb06e-96b7-11e0-baca-00144feab49a.html

My comment:
(a) Russia's policy vis-avis China is clearer adn clearer. It is unclear to me if the decision maker is president Dmitry Medvedev or prime minister Vladimir Putin, or jointly. Will Russia keep the course after the presidential election next year?
(b) As for US. US has wanted to be closer to China action (presumably for the sake of Taiwan--for it is hard to predict what blitzkrieg China will bear on Taiwan), thus unwilling to depart from Okinawa prefecture. Cam Ranh Bay is farther to Taiwan than Okinawa island, but sits right on choke point of China's maritime transportation.
(c) Please do not miss the side bar headlined "Strategic base for foreign
forces."
(d) Thayer is a French surname that meant "tailor."
(e) Nha Trang (city) 芽莊
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