Fishermen unloaded a boat in Da Nang, Vietnam. China has been detaining Vietnamese fishermen in a dispute over islands in the South China Sea. HANOI, Vietnam - The archipelago called the Paracel Islands lies in the South China Sea 250 miles off the east
BEIJING: China on Tuesday reasserted claims over South China Sea island groups at the heart of a multinational territorial dispute considered a potential Asian flashpoint. China has ''indisputable sovereignty'' over the Spratly and Paracel islands,
Vietnam has condemned what it says is a Chinese plan to develop tourism on the disputed Paracel archipelago. The Paracels would be included in China's plan to develop nearby Hainan island into an international tourist site, Vietnamese foreign ministry
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