China Evacuates Thousands from Vietnam
![A police officer uses a speaker to order pedestrians, including journalists, to leave a closed area near the Chinese embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 18, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/088FA4DE-DAAA-4252-B67E-430AFE0F9906_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer uses a speaker to order pedestrians, including journalists, to leave a closed area near the Chinese embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 18, 2014.
![Vietnamese authorities forcibly break up a small protest against China after anti-Chinese rampages in two Vietnamese cities turned violent, Hanoi, Vietnam, May 18, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/E5E849BE-A548-424B-B544-2873C371E2D5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vietnamese authorities forcibly break up a small protest against China after anti-Chinese rampages in two Vietnamese cities turned violent, Hanoi, Vietnam, May 18, 2014.
![Vietnamese expatriates shout in front of the Chinese consulate in Makati to protest the recent moves by China to construct an oil rig near the Vietnamese-claimed Paracels, May 16, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/CD5B0D7F-FBC5-4A97-8FE2-308568D183C6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vietnamese expatriates shout in front of the Chinese consulate in Makati to protest the recent moves by China to construct an oil rig near the Vietnamese-claimed Paracels, May 16, 2014.
![Police face off with demonstrators dressed as green sea turtles protesting recent poaching by China during a rally in front of the Chinese consulate at the financial district of Makati city, Philippines, May 16, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/86BE08A3-3979-4379-ADDC-5B67E32EFED6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police face off with demonstrators dressed as green sea turtles protesting recent poaching by China during a rally in front of the Chinese consulate at the financial district of Makati city, Philippines, May 16, 2014.