China/Vietnam: Chinese Vessel Sinks Vietnamese Fishing Boat, Raising Tensions

May 27, 2014 | Barbara Demick, The Los Angeles Times
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A Chinese ship rammed and sank a wooden Vietnamese fishing boat near a Chinese-operated oil drill in disputed South China Sea waters, Vietnamese state media said Tuesday.

Although there were no severe injuries reported, the incident was the most serious in a weeks-long standoff at sea in which Chinese and Vietnamese vessels have been circling each other, occasionally dueling with water cannons.