US demands filial loyalty from 'family members'
China DailyVietnamese President To Lam and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin review the guard of honor at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on Thursday. Although the United States Department of State has claimed Kritenbrink's visit is to underscore the strong US commitment to "working with Vietnam in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region", and the mutual trust between the US and Vietnam is at an "all-time high", the haste with which the trip was arranged exposes Washington's anxiety at the prospect of losing Hanoi to Moscow. By saying that "only Vietnam can decide how best to safeguard its sovereignty and advance its interests", the US East Asia envoy tried to pretend Washington respects Hanoi's strategic autonomy. These China-related remarks, along with the palpable concerns Washington has shown over the flirtation of Hanoi and Moscow, belie the "centrality" of the Southeast Asian countries that the US said it respects in handling regional affairs, as well as the US' commitment to regional peace and stability. In the eyes of Washington, the "free and open Indo-Pacific" means the US can freely intervene in regional affairs and all regional countries should remain open to its interventionist, coercive, bullying, divisive and warmongering behaviors.
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