{"id":153583,"date":"2013-03-26T08:04:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=153583"},"modified":"2013-03-27T06:14:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T13:14:42","slug":"china-and-vietnam-row-over-south-china-sea-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/03\/china-and-vietnam-row-over-south-china-sea-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"China and Vietnam Row Over South China Sea Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/03\/amid-tensions-chinese-fruit-a-turnoff-in-vietnam\/\">continuing tensions in the South China Sea<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/03\/26\/vietnam-china-idUSL3N0CI1L720130326\"><strong>Vietnam is accusing China of attacking fishermen in the disputed region.<\/strong><\/a> Reuters reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A statement posted on the Vietnamese government&#8217;s website said the trawler was chased away and came under attack from Chinese ships near the Paracel islands on March 20, calling the incident a breach of international maritime law.<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam&#8217;s state-controlled newspapers showed photographs on Tuesday of what they said were the charred remains of the ship&#8217;s cabin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a very serious case, violating Vietnam&#8217;s sovereignty,&#8221; the Foreign Ministry said in the statement posted late on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vietnam resolutely opposes this and demands\u00a0China\u00a0investigates and strictly deals with the above inhumane wrongdoing and compensates for the damages carried by Vietnamese fishermen.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Hanoi demanded China punish those responsible, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/vietnam-accuses-china-of-firing-on-fishing-boat-in-disputed-south-china-sea-damaging-vessel\/2013\/03\/25\/5fb84f32-95c9-11e2-95ca-dd43e7ffee9c_story.html\">Hong Lei, said China has taken unspecified but &#8220;legitimate and reasonable&#8221; actions against Vietnamese boats fishing illegally in Chinese waters<\/a>. Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/english.peopledaily.com.cn\/90883\/8183680.html\"><strong>Chinese state media report China is urging Vietnam to stop illegal fishing in Xisha Island<\/strong><\/a>. From Xinhua:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The\u00a0Xisha\u00a0Islands\u00a0are\u00a0Chinese\u00a0territory,\u00a0said\u00a0Hong,\u00a0adding\u00a0that\u00a0China&#8217;s sovereignty\u00a0over the\u00a0islands\u00a0is\u00a0indisputable.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s\u00a0actions\u00a0toward\u00a0the\u00a0Vietnamese\u00a0fishing\u00a0boat\u00a0were\u00a0necessary\u00a0and\u00a0justified,\u00a0as the boat\u00a0had\u00a0operated\u00a0illegally\u00a0in\u00a0waters\u00a0off\u00a0China&#8217;s\u00a0Xisha\u00a0Islands,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0said\u00a0that\u00a0checks\u00a0with\u00a0relevant\u00a0authorities\u00a0had\u00a0verified\u00a0that\u00a0China&#8217;s\u00a0action\u00a0cause\u00a0no damage\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Vietnamese\u00a0boat.<\/p>\n<p>China\u00a0urges\u00a0Vietnam\u00a0to\u00a0take\u00a0effective\u00a0measures\u00a0to\u00a0strengthen\u00a0education\u00a0and management\u00a0of\u00a0its\u00a0fishermen,\u00a0and\u00a0stop\u00a0them\u00a0from\u00a0illegal\u00a0activities,\u00a0said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid continuing tensions in the South China Sea, Vietnam is accusing China of attacking fishermen in the disputed region. Reuters reports: A statement posted on the Vietnamese government&#8217;s website said the trawler was chased away and came under attack from Chinese ships near the Paracel islands on March 20, calling the incident a breach of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":984,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116,14744,14745,14746,100],"tags":[15077,4093,15249,6389],"class_list":["post-153583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","category-level-2-article","category-level-3-article","category-level-4-article","category-politics","tag-maritime-disputes","tag-south-china-sea","tag-territorial-disputes","tag-vietnam","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China and Vietnam Row Over South China Sea Clash<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/03\/china-and-vietnam-row-over-south-china-sea-clash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China and Vietnam Row Over South China Sea Clash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amid continuing tensions in the South China Sea, Vietnam is accusing China of attacking fishermen in the disputed region. 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