China will let tourists take cruises to disputed islands in the South China Sea, a move that threatens to antagonise nations with rival claims to the oil-rich waters.
Tours of the Paracels – known in China as the Xisha Islands – will begin in time for the May Day holiday at the start of next month, Tan Li, vice-governor of the southern province of Hainan, announced at the weekend.
The launch of tourism is the latest action by China to assert its sovereignty over the archipelago of nearly 40 islets, sandbanks and reefs that Vietnam also claims as its own.
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