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South China Sea
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  • We now have four carrier battle groups positioned in the South China Sea, awaiting the results of a multinational standoff at the UN and NATO organizations.†   (source)
  • An anchor on CNN described the scene, 'Here we see China's first, and so far only, aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, ringed by a pack of angrylooking Lanzhou-class destroyers as they face off with the USS George Washington just outside the Straits of Luton in the South China Sea.†   (source)
  • At the time, with the Chinese and American aircraft carriers squaring off in the South China Sea, it was impossible to understand the power outages in Connecticut, bird flu epidemic, and logistics attack as anything but a coordinated attack by the Chinese in retaliation to US forces threatening their "protectorate."†   (source)
  • Behind him, the South China Sea sobbed in against the tower's thick piles; before him, inland, was the face of Quang Ngai.†   (source)
  • Forty miles southwest of Hong Kong, beyond the out islands in the South China Sea, is the peninsula of Macao, a Portuguese colony in ceremonial name only.†   (source)
  • The Emergency Medical Service helicopter roared across Victoria Harbour past the out islands of the South China Sea towards Macao.†   (source)
  • Leaning against the wall of sandbags, his back to the South China Sea, he was in full command of his faculties.†   (source)
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