China has repeatedly moved oil rigs into disputed areas, dredged and occupied parts of the disputed Paracel ... percent of the South China Sea as its exclusive economic zone. Vietnam has responded ...

The risk of conflict in the South ... a U.S.-China naval confrontation. Disputes between China and Vietnam over seismic surveys or drilling for oil and gas could also trigger an armed clash ...

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China opposes Vietnam's construction activities on a disputed islet in the South China Sea known as ... Vietnam's claims of sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly island chains, saying its ...

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Of them all, Vietnam has been by far the most proactive in asserting its own sovereignty claims in the South China Sea. These ...

The South China Sea is bound by China, Taiwan, and several southeast Asian nations. China claims jurisdiction over most of it, but countries like Vietnam ... one of the Paracel Islands which ...

China Opposes Vietnam's Building Work on Disputed Reef in South China Sea By Liz Lee BEIJING ... China rebuffed Vietnam's claims of sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly island chains, saying ...

China and Vietnam have long had a maritime agreement governing the Gulf of Tonkin but have been locked in competing claims in the nearby South China Sea over the Spratly and Paracel Islands and ...

BEIJING – China opposes Vietnam’s construction activities on a disputed islet in the South China Sea known ... s claims of sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly island chains, saying ...