This handout photo taken on June 23 and released by Vietnam's maritime police allegedly shows a Chinese boat (left) ramming a Vietnamese vessel in contested waters near China's deep sea drilling rig in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
This handout photo taken on June 23 and released by Vietnam's maritime police allegedly shows a Chinese boat (left) ramming a Vietnamese vessel in contested waters near China's deep sea drilling rig in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
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China likely to take firm line in Asean talks on code of conduct for South China Sea

Priority will be defending territorial interests in dialogue on code of conduct in disputed waters

Teddy Ng
Teddy Ng

Updated: 3:19am, 25 Jun, 2014

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This handout photo taken on June 23 and released by Vietnam's maritime police allegedly shows a Chinese boat (left) ramming a Vietnamese vessel in contested waters near China's deep sea drilling rig in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
This handout photo taken on June 23 and released by Vietnam's maritime police allegedly shows a Chinese boat (left) ramming a Vietnamese vessel in contested waters near China's deep sea drilling rig in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
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