Title:

 China Promoting Tourism for Disputed Paracel Islands

Author:

Jane Perlez and Yufan Huang

Source:

The New York Times

Date:

 May 28, 2016

Description:

BEIJING — Tropical islands in the South China Sea have become a major strategic headache between China and the United States. As tensions escalate over China’s construction of military installations on disputed islands, the United States Navy has sent extra warships to the waterway. A Chinese fighter jet recently flew so close to an American surveillance plane that there was nearly a collision.