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Over the past twelve months, China has been carrying out calculated acts of naval harassment in the South China Sea. This is just the latest from Communist China, a country which -- for several years -- has declared much of the South China Sea as its exclusive economic zone. This has threatened the other countries (nine in all) of the region who have overlapping claims to the 1.35 million square miles of water.

Not even the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, signed by China and the ten member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has helped in reaching a peaceful resolution to this dispute. China needs to receive a clear message that their continued harassment will no longer be tolerated. 

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