China gains control over all the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracel_Islands" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paracel Islands">Paracel Islands</a> after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Paracel_Islands" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the Paracel Islands">a military engagement</a> between the naval forces of China and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>.<sup about="#mwt75" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_20#cite_note-13" id="mw_A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_Q">[13]</span></a></sup>
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