- Four new oil rigs will work in South China Sea, ongoing dispute with Vietnam over drilling activities resulting in tensions between the two countries
- Oil rigs at the Paracel Islands had caused trouble and new rigs will work in South China Sea whose waters and islands are contested by China, Vietnam, the Philippines and half a dozen other countries
- Maritime Safety Administration off the Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Hainan Island noticed the three rigs are working without any fight
- A rig is gradually moving in between Chinese mainland and Pratas Islands which is maintained by Taiwan but claimed by China
- Vietnam, the Philippines and other countries holding claims on the South China Sea’s waters and islands are observing keenly
- State Councillor Yang Jiechi, China visited to Hanoi to sort tension by the deployment of the oil rig off the Paracel Islands.
- Vietnam was angered as China claimed the Islands and the rigs had moved further to the economic zone
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/china-deploys-four-new-oil-rigs/article6135415.ece
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