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Globalist Analysis > Global Security China, Oil and the South China Sea
By César Chelala | Tuesday, April 03, 2012

The islands, water and resources of the South China Sea have been increasingly contested in recent decades, especially in the wake of important energy discoveries. Several countries with rapidly rising energy needs, including China, have staked claims to parts of the sea. César Chelala writes that these countries have two choices: confrontation or cooperation.