Vietnam demanded that Beijing respect its sovereignty in the Paracel Islands, launch an investigation and provide it with information about the attack, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

China's sovereignty claims cover most of the South China Sea, overlapping with those of other regional powers.

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13, the report said. The China-controlled Paracel Islands, known as the Hoang Sa in Vietnam, are in the South China Sea, a busy global maritime waterway almost all of which is claimed by China.