Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Vietnam President To Lam attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People at The Great Hall Of The People on Aug. 19, 2024 in Beijing, China. Andres Martinez Casares-Pool/Getty Images
The meeting between Vietnamese Communist Party leader To Lam and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping shows Hanoi still views Beijing as a primary partner, but an analyst said that the Chinese regime’s growing economic ties and maritime “salami-slicing” tactics give it leverage to gradually erode Vietnam’s sovereignty.
Jarvis Lim is a Taiwan-based writer focusing on human rights, U.S.–China relations, China's economic and political influence in Southeast Asia, and cross-strait relations.
