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Over the past decades, China and Vietnam’s relationship has been shadowed by deep historical wounds, rooted in battles over the South China Sea that still shape maritime tensions today. Almost three weeks ago, Hanoi protested Beijing’s island reclamation in the Paracel Islands, saying Vietnam has enough evidence and legal basis to affirm its sovereignty over Hoang Sa, about 260 miles from Vietnam’s coast and 186 miles southeast of China. The latest protest underscores how Vietnam continues to resist China’s expanding footprint in contested waters even as the two neighbors deepen trade and political ties to hedge against growing uncertainty in […]... Keep on reading: Vietnam's cautious China policy: Resist at sea, trade on land
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