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Tensions Rise Again in South China Sea

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Tensions Rise Again in South China Sea

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Tensions Rise Again in South China Sea

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By: B A Hamzah

Geopolitical tensions are rising again in the South China Sea, with Manila accusing a China Coast Guard vessel of using a “weapons-grade laser” on February 6 to “temporarily blind” a crew member of its own Coast Guard on a mission to supply rations to troops at Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the disputed Spratly Islands. The last…

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