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China deploys fighter jets to contested island in S. China Sea

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON -- China has deployed fighter jets to the same contested island in the South China Sea to which it also has sent surface-to-air missiles, US officials said.Citing two unnamed US officials, Fox News said US intelligence services had spotted Chinese Shenyang J-11 and Xian JH-7 warplanes on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands chain over the...

China put Natuna Islands (in box) on its map, as the islands located near the disputed South China Sea. (Map)

Malaysia slams China's provocation in South China Sea

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BEIJING -- China's construction work on islands in the disputed South China Sea is "unwarranted provocation", Malaysia's armed forces chief said on Sunday, in a rare public comment about the spat from a country which has its own claims in the seas.China's relations with several Southeast Asian countries, especially the Philippines and Vietnam who have competing claims in...