China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China Updates Disputed Sea Maps to Get Back at Vietnam

May 1, 2020 | Ralph Jennings, Voice of America
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China has renamed scores of islets and underwater landforms in the South China Sea, a move some analysts say is intended to push back against Vietnamese naval incursions in the disputed waterway. Two Chinese government ministries have renamed 25 islets and 55 submerged features in the South China Sea that stretches from Hong Kong to Borneo, the country's Civil Affairs Ministry said on its website April 19.