US accuses Beijing of using coronavirus as cover for South China Sea activity


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The United States has accused China of using the global coronavirus pandemic to further expand its “unlawful claims” in the South China Sea.

In a strongly worded statement, the US State Department gave Washington’s view of last week’s collision of a Chinese coastguard ship and a Vietnamese fishing vessel near the disputed Paracel Islands.

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