China Releases Vietnamese Fisherman Held Captive

The Chinese have announced the release of twenty-one Vietnamese fishermen. For over a month the fisherman were detained for fishing near the Paracel Islands.

Both China and Vietnam claim the islands. China however controls them by default through occupation forces.

Earlier this month Chinese fishermen were caught fishing illegally in globally recognized Philippine waters, that China claims is theirs. This caused a standoff due to Chinese naval forces showing up to block the Philippines from making arrests.

China has become increasingly hostile and demanding that their claims, to nearly the entire South China Sea, be recognized.