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China, Philippines dispute ownership of shoal A territorial dispute between China and the Philippines raises issues of sovereignty.
April 25, 2012
Philippine fishermen sail past Philippine forces and U.S. Marines conducting joint military exercises along Ulugan Bay, facing the South China Sea, in Puerto Princesa, on Palawan island, south of Manila. The Philippines said war games with the United States, which ended April 27, had showcased its resolve to fend off external aggressors amid an escalating territorial dispute with China.
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May 11, 2012
Filipino protesters stage an anti-China rally outside the Chinese Embassy in Makati City in Manila. A dispute between China and the Philippines over an area in the South China Sea has escalated. Both countries claim Scarborough Shoal, which now has fishery and Coast Guard ships from both nations stationed there, and refuse to withdraw.
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May 11, 2012
Filipinos chant anti-China slogans as they march toward the Chinese Consulate in Manila's Makati financial district. About 200 Filipino activists, carrying placards and banners and waving Philippine flags, held a noisy but peaceful protest over the disputed Scarborough Shoal islands in the South China Sea claimed by both nations.
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April 25, 2012
U.S. and Filipino troops take part in a joint mock beachfront assault on the shore of Ulugan Bay on Palawan island. The soldiers stormed the South China Sea island in war games that took place not far from a real-life maritime standoff between Manila and Beijing.
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April 25, 2012
U.S. and Filipino troops progress near mangrove trees during a joint mock beachfront assault on the shore of Ulugan Bay on Palawan island. Forces stormed the South China Sea island in war games that took place not far from a real-life maritime standoff between Manila and Beijing.
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May 28, 2012
Qu Lin, 45, fishes in Qingdao, China. Marine fishery resources in China are disappearing because of excessive fishing and ocean pollution. Many Chinese fishermen have to give up their patrimonial livelihoods. Some of them have to sail to the disputed sea border or cross the boundary, causing disputes with neighboring countries such as South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines.
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April 23, 2012
Vietnamese border guards watch the U.S. Seventh Fleet's USS Blue Ridge entering Tien Sa port as Vietnam welcomes three U.S. naval ships, including the guided missile destroyer USS Chafee and the rescue and salvage ship USNS Safeguard in the central city of Da Nang.
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May 11, 2012
Filipinos protest in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles as part of a global protest over an escalating territorial row in the South China Sea. The issue centers on Scarborough Shoal, a tiny rocky outcrop about 140 miles from the Philippines’ main island of Luzon. The Philippines says is part of its territory because it falls within its exclusive economic zone. China, however, claims virtually all of the South China Sea, which is believed to sit atop huge oil and gas reserves, as its historical territory, even waters close to the coasts of other Asian countries. Editorials in newspapers controlled by the ruling Communist Party have repeatedly warned that China is prepared to go to war against the Philippines to end the standoff.
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May 10, 2012
Residents aboard their motorized wooden boats and living in outlying islands facing the South China Sea arrive at the market of Masinloc, in Zambales province, north of Manila, to buy food supplies. Masinloc is about 140 miles from Scarborough Shoal. Fishermen from this Philippine coastal town have been making the journey to the shoal for two decades, a trip that can take eight to 14 hours depending on sailing conditions.
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May 12, 2012
Police officers attempt to stop Chinese protesters outside the Philippine Embassy in Beijing. The latest anti-foreigner stirring in China has put the spotlight on outsiders at a time when its leaders would welcome any distraction from the slowing economy, a high-level political scandal and a blind activist's daring flight into U.S. custody.
Ng Han Guan
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AP
May 21, 2012
The departure of China National Offshore Oil Corp.'s first independent deep-water oil drilling rig, from the port of Qingdao, in east China's Shandong province. China's first homegrown deep-water drilling rig will be located in the South China Sea, about 200 miles southeast of Hong Kong. China, which needs oil imports to fuel its surging economy, claims full sovereignty on the sea, which has huge oil and gas reserves, often leading to diplomatic rows with its neighbors.
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June 1, 2012
Philippines banana grower Renante Flores shows off the fruit he can no longer sell to China. He is a victim of sudden Chinese restrictions on banana imports from the Philippines that China says have been imposed for health reasons but which growers believe are retaliation for the dispute around Scarborough Shoal.
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The Washington Post
May 8, 2012
A protester burns a Chinese flag outside the Chinese Consulate in suburban Makati, south of Manila. The Philippines and China are in a standoff over Scarborough Shoal that began in early April after the Philippine navy accused Chinese boats of illegally fishing in the area. The Philippines says the shoal lies within its exclusive economic zone.
Aaron Favila
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AP
April 24, 2012
The guided missile destroyer USS Chafee, right, is seen anchored off Tien Sa port in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang. U.S. sailors from three ships of the Seventh Fleet held a five-day "non-combatant" exchange of activities with Vietnamese sailors in the port city amid rising tensions in the South China Sea with China.
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