What is the South China Sea dispute?
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Overlapping claims in the South China Sea threaten to turn the region into a flashpoint of global concern.

Countries have wrangled over territory in the South China Sea for centuries, but tension has grown in recent years.

In particular, China's sweeping claims - which include sovereignty claims over land parcels and their adjacent waters - have angered competing claimants like Vietnam, the Philippines...

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