Back to English Comments News - January 22, 2019 | 02:07 pm GMT+7 Vietnamese fishermen cannot enter a traditional fishing ground off their country’s central coast because of China’s illegal claims over the islands."A group of Chinese soldiers jumped on my ship, took control of it and hit me repeatedly with batons," Nguyen Tan Hai, 30, captain of a fishing boat, recalls that night in May 2014.The Chinese only stopped when he had fainted. They then turned their vandalistic attention to doors, the communications system, the sonar, and any other equipment they saw on board.When they were stealing all the fish and oil, they came across Le Anh, the crew member. Like Hai, he too was assaulted and left unconscious.When he regained consciousness early the next day, Hai felt pain all over, and cold and hot at the same time.He was aware that the other crew members, who had been diving for sea cucumbers and escaped the assault, were taking him and Anh back to shore.The name … [Read more...] about 45 years on, battle for Paracel Islands shows no signs of ending – VnExpress International