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South China Sea
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A marginal sea of the western Pacific bordered by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, carrying an estimated third of global shipping traffic through its waters. Its scattered reefs and islands are the subject of overlapping sovereignty claims among the surrounding states.
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