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Old 05-10-2016, 08:31   #1
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U.S. Warship Challenges China's Claims in South China Sea

U.S. Warship Challenges China's Claims in South China Sea

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...hina-sea-claim

"The U.S. Navy sent its third warship in less than seven months into China-claimed waters of the South China Sea as tensions rise ahead of an international court’s ruling on the territorial dispute.

The USS William P. Lawrence, a guided-missile destroyer, on Tuesday sailed within the 12-nautical-mile territorial zone around Fiery Cross Reef, a feature in the Spratly Islands where China has dumped hundreds of thousands of tons of sand and coral to create an island on which it has built an airstrip. The transit was a "freedom-of-navigation" operation by the U.S. military to demonstrate the right to fly and sail through what it considers international waters and airspace......"

Who cares? I need to get to the Mall and do some shopping.
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Old 05-10-2016, 14:45   #2
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Who cares? I need to get to the Mall and do some shopping.
Heh. Ya know sir, looking at the competing claims map at the link it really doesn't seem all that difficult. "C'mon, can't y'all just get along? Now go to your rooms!"

(and what's up with Brunei...?)
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