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August 13, 2012

China Politics, Oil Risk Sea Conflict

Krause-Jackson & Ten Kate, Bloomberg Businessweek

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In asserting its claims to the tiny islands, rocks and reefs in the South China Sea, China points to records of its ancient mariners. Today, those waters are far more important to China than in the age of the sail.

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TAGGED: South China Sea, China

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