China Denounces Vietnam-Philippines Goodwill Games

China has denounced soccer and volleyball games between Vietnamese and Philippines troops held on an island claimed by Beijing, but controlled by Hanoi.   A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Monday called the previous day's goodwill meeting "a clumsy farce," adding that “China has irrefutable sovereignty over the Spratly Islands and the seas nearby.”   The Vietnamese-held island of Southwest Cay is part of the Spratly Island chain claimed by China, Taiwan...

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