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China Moves to Claim South China Sea During COVID-19 Pandamic

Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward at 2020-04-12 12:06:54 from the Cover of darkness dept.
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China has begun an offensive to take control of the South China Sea while COVID-19 grips the world [news.com.au] after the US Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike group left the area to manage onboard virus issues.

A Vietnamese fishing boat has been rammed and sunk. Military aircraft have landed at its artificial-island fortresses.

Meanwhile, the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike group has retreated from the contested waterway in an unscheduled return to Guam – with hundreds of cases of COVID-19 on board.

Vietnam has lodged a protest with Beijing, demanding its military Coast Guard be “strictly disciplined” after it had “hindered, rammed and sunk” the fishing vessel.


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