BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying on Wednesday refuted reports about a conflict with a Vietnamese fishing boat in the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea as "incompatible with fact".
Hua told a daily press briefing that on Aug 15, a Vietnamese fishing boat illegally entered China's Xisha Islands to catch fish with dynamite.
She said China's law-enforcement people boarded the Vietnamese boat for inspection and confiscated the dynamite aboard.
Hua said the Xisha Islands are within undisputed waters under Chinese jurisdiction. She urged the Vietnamese side to strengthen control of its fishing boats and stop them from conducting illegal fishing in the waters of China's Xisha Islands.
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 130349 
