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BEIJING -- China's Maritime Safety Administration on Sunday announced plans to carry out military training around the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, an area over which China and Vietnam both claim sovereignty. [1]

HONG KONG — China’s decision to park its biggest mobile oil rig 120 miles off the Vietnamese coast has exposed how vulnerable Hanoi, and other littoral states of the South China Sea, are to moves by the region’s dominant power to assert its territori... [2]

BEIJING — China said its navy fired flares at Vietnamese fishing boats but denied Hanoi’s claim that a vessel was damaged in an incident that is highlighting tensions over disputed South China Sea islands and surrounding waters believed to hold a wea... [3]

SHANGHAI/HANOI — A Chinese oil rig has finished drilling near the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea after finding signs of oil and gas, a top Chinese energy firm said on Wednesday, more than two months after its deployment hurt ties wit... [4]

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has rejected China’s protest over a new Vietnamese law that reasserts territorial claims over two South China Sea island groups China and other countries consider their own. [5]

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- A U.S. warship sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea on Friday in a freedom of navigation operation, the U.S. (confirmed by 2 sources) [6]

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BEIJING—China’s newest city is a remote island in the South China Sea barely large enough to host a single airstrip. It has a post office, bank, supermarket and a hospital, but little else. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-06-29 · 75% match

China to start military drills around disputed Paracel Islands

BEIJING -- China's Maritime Safety Administration on Sunday announced plans to carry out military training around the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, an area over which China and Vietnam both claim sovereignty.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-05-09 · 37% match

China’s Oil Rig Move Leaves Vietnam, Others Looking Vulnerable

HONG KONG — China’s decision to park its biggest mobile oil rig 120 miles off the Vietnamese coast has exposed how vulnerable Hanoi, and other littoral states of the South China Sea, are to moves by the region’s dominant power to assert its territori

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-03-27 · 36% match

China Says Its Flares Didn’t Hit Vietnamese Boats

BEIJING — China said its navy fired flares at Vietnamese fishing boats but denied Hanoi’s claim that a vessel was damaged in an incident that is highlighting tensions over disputed South China Sea islands and surrounding waters believed to hold a wea

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-07-16 · 36% match

China Oil Rig Finishes Exploration in Disputed Waters Off Vietnam

SHANGHAI/HANOI — A Chinese oil rig has finished drilling near the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea after finding signs of oil and gas, a top Chinese energy firm said on Wednesday, more than two months after its deployment hurt ties wit

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-06-22 · 35% match

Vietnam Rejects Chinese Protest over Island Claims

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has rejected China’s protest over a new Vietnamese law that reasserts territorial claims over two South China Sea island groups China and other countries consider their own.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-02-05 · 35% match

US warship sails near disputed South China Sea islands

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- A U.S. warship sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea on Friday in a freedom of navigation operation, the U.S.

[7] MM asianews.it · 38% match translated from es

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[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-07-25 · 33% match

China’s Newest City on Tiny Island with Big Aim

BEIJING—China’s newest city is a remote island in the South China Sea barely large enough to host a single airstrip. It has a post office, bank, supermarket and a hospital, but little else.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-12-17 · 33% match

Vietnam Builds Military Muscle to Face China

XUAN MAI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s military is steeling itself for conflict with China as it accelerates a decade-long modernization drive, Hanoi’s biggest arms buildup since the height of the Vietnam War.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-08-10 · 33% match

China’s State Firms Cementing Lucrative Role in South China Sea, New Research Shows

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI — Beijing’s giant state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are playing an increasing role in China’s build-up in the South China Sea and could seek to cement their dominant position in coming years, according to new research.

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