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Chinese Oil Rig Near Vietnam to Be Moved (Vietnam wins!)

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BEIJING — A Chinese energy company announced Wednesday that a giant oil rig that was deployed in disputed waters off the coast of Vietnam two months ago had completed its exploration work and would be moved.

The China National Petroleum Corporation, a state-owned company, said the billion-dollar rig, known as HD 981, would be relocated to ... undisputed waters.

The arrival of the rig off the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea in early May worsened China’s relations with Vietnam.

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The announcement, released by Xinhua, the state-run news agency, came a day after President Obama called President Xi Jinping.

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There was no indication that the movement of the rig away from the disputed waters with Vietnam was related to the telephone call.

When the rig was first deployed close to the Paracels, claimed by both China and Vietnam, Chinese officials said it would remain in place until mid-August, the normal start of the typhoon season.

There was no explanation why the rig was leaving earlier.

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The arrival of the rig — more than 40 stories tall and the size of a football field — prompted daily clashes at sea between Chinese vessels sent to protect it and Vietnamese boats that tried to pierce the perimeter of about 12 miles the Chinese had established around it.

Chinese Coast Guard vessels rammed smaller Vietnamese boats, and the Chinese used powerful water cannons to keep the Vietnamese vessels at bay.

Both sides also stationed naval vessels in the distance, and Chinese fighter jets flew over the rig from time to time.

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China’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the movement of the rig should not be seen as a retreat.

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An influential Vietnamese military official, Maj. Gen. Le Ma Luong, said the Chinese were backing down and were moving the rig because of the “strong reactions”of Vietnam.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/world/asia/chinese-oil-rig-near-vietnam-to-be-moved.html

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