China approves supply dock project in disputed Paracel islandshttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CVVOr5PojYAvAb_wgt./SIG=14irdi48g/EXP=1337895637/**http%3a//www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/120427/china-approves-supply-dock-project-disputed-paracel-islandhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CVVOr5PojYAvAb_wgt./SIG=14irdi48g/EXP=1337895637/**http%3a//www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/120427/china-approves-supply-dock-project-disputed-paracel-islandFri, 27 Apr 2012 11:19:28 -0700
The move is likely to inflame tensions between China and Vietnam, who both assert claims over the small islands and reefs in the area, which China has occupied since 1974. read more
Chinese plans to tour disputed islands may increase tensions with Vietnamhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CVVOr5PojYAvQb_wgt./SIG=1472l3sik/EXP=1337895637/**http%3a//www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/24/chinese-province-plans-to-tour-disputed-islands-may-increase-tensions-with/http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CVVOr5PojYAvQb_wgt./SIG=1472l3sik/EXP=1337895637/**http%3a//www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/24/chinese-province-plans-to-tour-disputed-islands-may-increase-tensions-with/Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:48:07 -0700
A Chinese provincial official said Tuesday he's determined to start tourism development in the disputed Paracel Islands this year, a move that could further raise tensions with rival claimant Vietnam.
China asserts its territorial claims in South China Seahttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CVVOr5PojYAvwb_wgt./SIG=13sb8ds2h/EXP=1337895637/**http%3a//www.guampdn.com/usatoday/article/54566350%3fodyssey=mod%257cnewswell%257ctext%257cFrontpage%257cphttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CVVOr5PojYAvwb_wgt./SIG=13sb8ds2h/EXP=1337895637/**http%3a//www.guampdn.com/usatoday/article/54566350%3fodyssey=mod%257cnewswell%257ctext%257cFrontpage%257cpThu, 26 Apr 2012 17:29:42 -0700
BEIJING (USA TODAY) — Chinese travel agent Ou Nanxi has never seen such gorgeous beaches like those found on the trial cruise she took to the uninhabited islets of the Paracel Islands.