▁Background ▁ ▁Tim eline ▁May ▁ 1 1 : ▁Anti - Ch ina ▁protest s ▁started ▁in ▁H ano i , ▁Da ▁N ang , ▁Can ▁Th o ▁and ▁Ho ▁Chi ▁Min h ▁city . ▁The ▁size ▁and ▁number ▁of ▁protest s ▁were ▁un pre ced ented ▁as ▁the ▁government ▁took ▁the ▁unusual ▁step ▁of ▁perm itting ▁street ▁protest s ▁to ▁show ▁its ▁dis ple asure ▁with ▁Be ij ing . ▁May ▁ 1 2 : ▁Work ers ▁in ▁a ▁B ì n h ▁D ư ơ ng ▁industrial ▁park ▁went ▁on ▁strike ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁anti - Ch ina ▁protest . ▁May ▁ 1 3 : ▁The ▁protest ▁in ▁B ì n h ▁D ư ơ ng ▁and ▁D ong ▁N ai ▁es cal ated ▁to ▁violent ▁ri ot . ▁Indust rial ▁par ks ▁and ▁fact ories ▁with ▁Chinese ▁characters ▁on ▁their ▁sign boards ▁were ▁hit ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁wave ▁of ▁attack . ▁Second ▁and ▁third ▁waves ▁of ▁ri ot ers ▁witness ed ▁other ▁foreign ▁plants ▁( American , ▁German ▁and ▁South ▁Korean ▁included ) ▁v andal ized . ▁Several ▁fact ories ▁were ▁bur nt ▁down ▁over night , ▁their ▁equipment ▁dam aged ▁and ▁stock s ▁lo oted ▁by ▁ri ot ers . ▁One ▁death ▁was ▁reported ▁in ▁a ▁tor ched ▁Taiwan ese - inv ested ▁b icy cle ▁factory . ▁Over ▁a ▁thousand ▁were ▁arrested , ▁with ▁many ▁claim ing ▁that ▁they ▁have ▁been ▁manip ulated ▁by ▁people ▁who ▁distributed ▁flags ▁and ▁T - sh ir ts , ▁and ▁later ▁to