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1、InsidetheChina-PhilippinesFightintheSouthChinaSeaByDIDIKIRSTENTATLOWNgHanGuan/AssociatedPressChineseparamilitarypolicemarchoutsidethePhilippinesEmbassyinBeijingonMay13.Fish,oilandbananasallplayaroleinthelatestroundofthehigh-stakessovereigntydisputeintheSouthChinaSea,aproblem
2、thatmayrivalEurope’sown19th-century“Schleswig-HolsteinQuestion.”Thatlong-simmeringterritorialdispute,betweenDenmarkandGermany,ledtheBritishpoliticianLordPalmerstontoquipthatonlythreepeoplehadeverunderstoodit:adeadprince,aGermanprofessorwhowentmad,“andI,whohaveforgottenallabo
3、utit.”There’slesschanceofforgettingintheSouthChinaSea,avastseaterritorydisputedbyhalfadozenAsiannationswheretrillionsofdollarsinoilandgasdepositsareatstakeandtempershaveflaredforweeks,withaccusationsofbullyingbetweencompetingnationsandevenofwarpreparationsbyChina.Therecentbo
4、utoftroublebeganinApril,whenPhilippineNavypersonnelboardedChinesefishingvesselsatScarboroughShoal,anareaabout800kilometers,or500miles,southofChinaandover160kilometerswestofthePhilippinesthatisclaimedbybothcountries.ThePhilippinesclaimedtohavefoundlargequantitiesofillegalcora
5、landfishonthevessels,andsaidChinesesurveillanceshipshadintervenedtopreventthefishermen’sarrest,mycolleagueJanePerlezreported.RelationsbetweenChinaandthePhilippineshavedeterioratedsharply,withaChinaDailyarticle,carriedbythePeople’sDailyWebsite,warningManilatoday“nottoescalate
6、tension.”ThatfollowsweeksofgrowingcallsbynationalistChinesenetizensto“teachthePhilippinesalesson”andstatementsinstate-runChinesemediathatChinawouldconsideralloptionstoresolvethedispute.Afterweeksoftensioninthearea,whichChinacallsHuangyanIslandandthePhilippinescallsthePanatag
7、Shoal(internationally,it’sgenerallyknownastheScarboroughShoal;seethisreportfromtheInternationalCrisisGroup),Chinaannouncedthisweekthatitwouldbeginanannual,10-weekfishingbaninwatersincludingtheregion,butstressedthatthebanwasnotconnectedtothedispute.NicholasKamm/AgenceFrance-P
8、resse—GettyImagesFilipinoactivistsprayduringademonstrationinfrontoftheChine
