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The United States will send military aircraft and naval vessels to within nautical 12 miles of reefs and islands where China is establishing military installations in the South China Sea as the maritime dispute continues to dominate relations between the two countries.
The United States has said it will increase the number and frequency of both military and humanitarian exercises in the South China Sea in an effort to send a message to China that its construction of artificial islands and military installations in the region will not be tolerated.
The Chinese government has reiterated in some of its strongest language yet that it will not back down from its controversial claims in the contested South China Sea.
The United States accused China of placing artillery on islands it is building in the South China Sea, as Japan and the European Union beseeched all parties involved in the complex showdown to let cooler heads prevail.
Soldiers from the Philippines and Vietnam sent a warning to China about its aggression in the South China Sea in an unusual manner, a game of football.
The Chinese Navy urged a US surveillance aircraft to leave the area as it patrolled over disputed territory in the South China Sea.
Vietnam has joined China in the race to stake territorial claims in the South China Sea by building artificial islands.
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On Monday, local authorities in Vietnam announced that more than 400 drug addicts who were receiving treatment at the Gia Minh rehabilitation center, have escaped. They were receiving obligatory treatment for their addiction.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made explicit calls for concrete measure to be taken so that the relationship between China and Vietnam can be repaired after China deployed an oil rig and flotilla of naval vessels into Vietnamese waters to explore for hydrocarbons under the sea floor.
In a move sure to stoke tensions in East Asia, China has announced plans to construct lighthouses on a number of islands and reefs in the South China Sea claimed by other nations.
Health officials are deeply concerned about a strain of drug-resistant malaria that has appeared throughout South East Asia.
