ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Vietnamese protestors held a rare but brief demonstration against China in Hanoi on Sunday (December 9).<br/> <br />This comes after Beijing demanded on Thursday (December 6) that Hanoi stop unilateral oil exploration in disputed waters and not harass Chinese fishing boats.<br/> <br />About 50 people gathered opposite Hanoi's Opera House, raising banners and shouting in protest against China before marching towards the Chinese Embassy.<br/> <br />Plans for the demonstration had been announced on several blogs.<br/> <br />Protesters carried banners reading "Down with Xi Jinping 's gang" and shouted "Down with invasive China" along the streets of Hanoi before being dispersed by police and plain clothes policemen.<br/> <br />Vietnamese authorities have tolerated a series of protests over China's territorial claims from June to August last year and in July this year.
