UPI — Philippines' Duterte orders military to occupy South China Sea islands also claimed by China

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered troops Thursday to occupy islands that are also claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea.

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Philippines' Duterte orders military to occupy South China Sea islands

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Bloomberg News — Territorial Disputes – Malignant and Benign

Some things are worth fighting for. What about a few desert islands occupied mainly by birds, goats and moles? China and Japan seem to think so, the rest of the world is alarmedand a look at other territorial disputes around the globe shows that stranger things have happened. There are about 60 such conflicts simmering worldwide. Most will bubble along, unresolved but harmless, 400 years after the Peace of Westphalia established the notion of national sovereignty. Others are more dangerous.

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Territorial Disputes – Malignant and Benign

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