China, Vietnam Ships Trade Fire
United Press International
BEIJING —
Chinese and Vietnamese ships fired on each other today in the South China Sea as a long-running dispute over a small group of strategic islands erupted in hostilities for the first time, New China News Agency said. The exchange of fire occurred in the Spratly islands.
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