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USA ships at South China Sea
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- U.S. Warships Enter Disputed Waters of South China Sea.
- An Australian warship has also joined with this.
- The area is near waters claimed by both Vietnam and Malaysia as well as China.
- China claims most of the energy-rich South China Sea, within a U-shaped "nine-dash line" on its maps.
- But that is not recognised by its neighbours.
- Vietnam recently protested after China said that China had established two administrative districts on the Paracel and Spratly islands in the disputed waters.
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- The South China Sea is a marginal sea.
- It is a part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Karimata and Malacca straits to the Strait of Taiwan.
- The nine-dash line refers to the claims by China in the South China Sea.
- It includes the Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, the Pratas Islands, the Maccles field Bank and the Scarborough Shoal.
- The claim encompasses the area of Chinese land reclamation known as the "Great Wall of Sand".
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