are a small group of about fifteen to thirty low coral islands and reefs located in the potentially oil-rich South China Sea about 280 kilometers southeast of Hainan Island, or about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern...

The Paracel Islands are a group of small islands and reefs in the East Vietnam Sea, about one-third of the way from Vietnam to the Philippines. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island; maintenance was...

THE calm of the South China Sea was briefly shattered on March 14th by a fight between Chinese and Vietnamese warships. They were contesting sovereignty over the Spratly Islands, a collection of about 200 specks of land, some little more than coral reefs,...

WavePhore, Inc., an industry leader in data broadcasting, has announced a letter of intent to acquire Paracel Online Systems, Inc., a leading provider of Internet-based corporate business intelligence services, for $3 million at closing, another $6 million in 180 days, and future considerations...

Several hundred Vietnamese staged a rare public demonstration Sunday to protest China's effort to claim control of two disputed island chains in the South China Sea.The demonstrators, mostly university students, gathered near the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi and chanted "Down with China!" and "Long Live...