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Vietnam protests China’s new construction in disputed islands

China took the Paracels from South Vietnam’s navy in 1974. After that government fell a year later, refugee resettlement built much of the Vietnamese American community.

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Sep 02, 2026
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The Chinese Coast Guard recently boosted patrols around Huangyan Island, also in the South China Sea. Image via Shanghai Eye | YouTube

Vietnam has formally protested new Chinese construction on a Paracel islet, near what analysts believe will be Beijing’s largest military base in the South China Sea.

New structures

The new construction runs in three prongs…

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