CHINA OFFERS TOURS TO DISPUTED ISLANDS
Adding further uneasiness to its neighbours China has announced plans to launch cruises for tourists to a chain of disputed islands in the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.
It also expressed concerns over North Korea's rhetoric about waging war with the neighbouring South Korea.
The disputed Paracels islands in the South China Sea, called Xisha in China has been under Chinese control since a short war with the then South Vietnam in 1974.But Vietnam still regards it as its own territory while China has made claims over other islands in Vietnamese control.
Chinese tourists taking the cruise would live on board ships, as the largest island has only one hotel and no fresh water, the official Xinhua news agency said. It quoted the Haihang Group Ship company as saying that a 47,000-tonne ship capable of accommodating nearly 2,000 passengers was ready to sail and that another was being built. China has been expressing concerns over the US expanding its military presence in the Asia Pacific and supplying arms to Vietnam.
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