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More Than Meets the Eye in the South China Sea

Dec 20, 2016 | 03:21 GMT

More Than Meets the Eye in the South China Sea
Chinese strategic maneuvers in the South China Sea do not revolve around naval exercises by its warships, like these near the Paracel Islands. Thwarting U.S. surveillance remains high on the list of Beijing's priorities.

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China and the United States are finalizing details for the return, perhaps as early as Tuesday, of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) picked up Dec. 15 by a Chinese naval ship in the South China Sea. The diplomatic end to the incident may end the uproar it has caused but will do little to resolve the larger long-standing differences between Washington and Beijing....

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