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China's Energy Moves in the South China Sea
Jun 29, 2012 | 13:10 GMT
![Two Chinese paramilitary guards watch as China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC)'s first independent deep-water oil drilling rig, leaves the port of Qingdao.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/chinese-paramilitary-guards-watch-china-national-offshore-oil-corp-deep-water-oil-drilling-rig-leaves-port.jpg?itok=Gba39Wha)
In this picture taken on May 21, 2012 two Chinese paramilitary guards watch as China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC)'s first independent deep-water oil drilling rig, leaves the port of Qingdao, east China's Shandong province.
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