Chris Brummitt

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Report: Vietnam, Chinese ships fire water cannons

Chris Brummitt · May 12, 2014 5:56 pm

Vietnamese protesters stage a rally against Beijing's deployment of an oil rig in the contested waters of the South China Sea, outside the Chinese Embassy on Sunday, May 11, 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The deployment of the rig has a triggered a tense standoff in the ocean and raised fears of confrontation between the neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Chris Brummitt)

Vietnam allows anti-China protest over oil rig

Chris Brummitt · May 11, 2014 6:25 am

Vietnamese protest against Chinaâs deployment of an oil rig in the disputed South China Sea Saturday infront of the Chinese Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Saturday, 10 May 2014. The government in Hanoi has sent ships to confront the rig, which it say is in its territory. Chinese ships have been ramming into and firing water cannons at Vietnamese vessels trying to stop Beijing from putting an oil rig in the South China Sea, according to officials and video footage Wednesday, in a dangerous escalation of tensions over waters considered a global flashpoint. The tensions triggered by the Chinese deployment are some of the most acute in years between the two countries. (AP Photo)

Vietnam allows anti-China protest over oil rig

Chris Brummitt · May 11, 2014 4:57 am

Vietnamese protest against Chinaâs deployment of an oil rig in the disputed South China Sea Saturday infront of the Chinese Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Saturday, 10 May 2014. The government in Hanoi has sent ships to confront the rig, which it say is in its territory. The tensions triggered by the Chinese deployment are some of the most acute in years between the two countries. (AP Photo)

Looming street protests a test for Vietnam

Chris Brummitt · May 10, 2014 10:12 am

In this video image released by Vietnam Coast Guard, Vietnamese surveillance ship crew members stand near the side of the ship, allegedly damaged after being rammed by a Chinese ship, in the South China Sea, off Vietnam's coast, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Chinese ships have been ramming into and firing water cannons at Vietnamese vessels trying to stop Beijing from putting an oil rig in the South China Sea, according to officials and video footage Wednesday, in a dangerous escalation of tensions over waters considered a global flashpoint. (AP Photo/Vietnam Coast Guard)

Energy and Environment

Vietnam: Chinese ships ram vessels near oil rig

Chris Brummitt · May 8, 2014 12:38 am

Vietnam escalates dispute with China over oil rig

Chris Brummitt · May 7, 2014 2:57 am

Vietnam arrests 2 bloggers in new crackdown

Chris Brummitt · May 6, 2014 10:22 am

Energy and Environment

China refuses Vietnam’s call to stop oil drilling

Chris Brummitt · May 5, 2014 11:03 am

Vietnam protests Chinese oil rig in disputed sea

Chris Brummitt · May 5, 2014 5:41 am

Vietnam releases dissidents amid foreign pressure

Chris Brummitt · April 15, 2014 12:35 am

HOLD FOR CHRIS BRUMMIT STORY SLUGGED: PHILIPPINES RUNNING PRIEST. In This February 20, 2014 photo, Roman Catholic priest Fr. Robert Reyes, fondly called the "running priest", jogs with supporters during a protest against demolition of an informal settlers community that will pave the way for the building of shopping malls at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. For more than 30 years, Reyes, dubbed the ârunning priestâ by the local media, has been a constant critic of corruption in the Philippines and often times the church itself, which he charges has abandoned its obligation to help the poor and sided with those in power in Asiaâs largest Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

‘Running priest’ in Philippines campaigns for poor

Chris Brummitt · April 13, 2014 7:42 am

Missing passenger jet roils Malaysian politics

Chris Brummitt · March 19, 2014 9:54 pm