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The US in "China's Lake"

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Jul 26, 2010
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Washington is openly challenging Beijing's claims that the South China Sea is an area of China's "core interest" and that foreign powers should not intervene in the fast-rising quasi-superpower's sphere of interest. It is the first time that the US has indicated its readiness to play a major role in defusing one of Asia's hottest flashpoints.

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