Hundreds in Vietnam Protest Chinese Oil Rig

Hundreds of people across Vietnam took part in protests Sunday morning days after Vietnamese and Chinese vessels were reported sparring near a Chinese oil rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea. Hundreds of people across Vietnam took part in anti-China demonstrations Sunday to protest China’s deployment of an oil rig near the Paracel islands, which both countries claim. In a highly unusual move, the protests were covered in state-run media. Such protests are usually strictly...

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