A protester gestures as he marches during an anti-China protest in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh city May 18, 2014. REUTERS/Peter Ng
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam flooded major cities with police to avert anti-China protests on Sunday, while Beijing evacuated thousands of citizens after a flare-up over disputed sovereignty in the South China Sea sparked rare and deadly rioting in Vietnam last week.
China has evacuated more than 3,000 nationals following the attacks on Chinese workers and Chinese-owned businesses at industrial parks in its southern neighbour.
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