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Dispute Between Vietnam and China Escalates Over Competing Claims in South China Sea

In a sign of escalating tensions with China over disputed territory in the South China Sea, Vietnam has announced it will conduct live fire exercises off its coast. The New York Times reports:The naval maneuvers follow an exchange of sharp statements on Thursday. Vietnam claimed that China had harassed a seismic survey boat, damaging a research cable trailing behind it, and China demanded that Vietnam