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South China Sea: What’s Behind China-Vietnam Tensions Amid COVID–19?

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South China Sea: What’s Behind China-Vietnam Tensions Amid COVID–19?

Is China’s South China Sea behavior changing amid the pandemic or continuing as usual?

South China Sea: What’s Behind China-Vietnam Tensions Amid COVID–19?
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The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Prashanth Parameswaran (@TheAsianist) discuss the ramming of a Vietnamese fishing ship by a China Coast Guard vessel near the Paracel Islands and recent military activities in and around the Taiwan Strait.

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