WASHINGTON, April 6 — The United States today warned China not to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to exert itself in the South China Sea after Vietnam said Beijing sank a trawler. Amid the global focus on fighting Covid-19, China has ramped up self-described research stations and...
File picture shows a Chinese Coast Guard vessel manoeuvring to block a Philippine government supply ship with members of the media aboard at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea, March 29, 2014. — Reuters
Amid the global focus on fighting Covid-19, China has ramped up self-described research stations and landed special military aircraft in the dispute-rife sea, according to the State Department. Vietnam said last week that it lodged a protest with Beijing after the Chinese Coast Guard “hindered, rammed and sunk” a Vietnamese boat with eight fishermen on board near the Paracel Islands.
The United States, which has a growing relationship with Vietnam, has challenged China’s claims in the South China Sea — one of the world’s busiest waterways and also home to bountiful energy reserves.
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