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China and Philippines Use Their Flags to Stake out Competing Claims in the South China Sea

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The Associated Press

11:10 JST, April 29, 2025

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines on Monday rejected China’s claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the uninhabited outcroppings.

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