Chinese, Vietnamese Ships Have Close Encounter in South China Sea: Report

Chinese, Vietnamese Ships Have Close Encounter in South China Sea: Report
A ship of the China Coast Guard is seen near a ship of the Vietnam Marine Guard in the South China Sea, about 210 km (130 miles) off shore of Vietnam on May 14, 2014. Nguyen Minh/Reuters
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A Chinese coast guard ship and a Vietnamese fisheries patrol boat came “dangerously” close in the South China Sea as the Chinese ship was spotted crossing Vietnam’s waters, a U.S. researcher said on Sunday.

The incident was first spotted by Ray Powell, the Project Myoushu (South China Sea) lead at Stanford University, who cited data based on the ships’ automatic identification system (AIS) signals, Radio Free Asia reported.
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