China Vietnam Stand-off

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The world's most dangerous water fight - Chinese and Vietnamese ships smash into each other off the Paracel Islands in a confrontation over territory that has the whole region on tenterhooks. Keith Johnson of Foreign Policy Magazine tells us it's a "Pretty scary situation in a pretty scary part of the world". Can Nintendo revive a tumbling share price with a new console aimed at developing markets? Or will its refusal to allow gay characters in new life-simulation game, Tomodachi Life, keep it out of profit for a fourth year? As California's state Senate approves measures to render smartphones inoperable if they're stolen, we ask: what's the real reason manufacturers oppose the legislation? Simon Littlewood in Singapore talks Australian tennis and Japanese mascots with Ben Gilbert of Engadget, who's at our New York bureau. And Cindy Sui reports on human trafficking from Taipei.