Beijing has quietly confirmed the deaths of two Chinese sailors in a collision in the contested South China Sea, according to government statements nearly a year after the incident.In August last year, a China Coast Guard ship collided bow first with a Chinese naval destroyer while chasing a Philipp

Beijing honours two coastguard personnel who died in a vessel collision in the South China Sea last year.

BEIJING, Aug 7 — Beijing has quietly confirmed that two Chinese sailors died in a collision in the disputed South China Sea nearly a year after the incident.Last August, a...