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Philippines backs Vietnam after China sinks fishing boat

by Associated Press
| April 8, 2020 4:03 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines on Wednesday expressed solidarity with Vietnam after Hanoi protested what it said was the ramming and sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea.

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