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US slams Chinese ‘nature reserve’ as effort to claim South China Sea
Al Jazeera English reaches for "slams" where Bloomberg stays flat.
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What happenedUS Says China’s Scarborough Shoal Claim ‘Destabilizing’ Region.
The headline splitAl Jazeera English frames it as "US slams Chinese ‘nature reserve’ as effort to claim South China Sea". Bloomberg frames it as "US Says China’s Scarborough Shoal Claim ‘Destabilizing’ Region".
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CenterUS slams Chinese ‘nature reserve’ as effort to claim South China Sea
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US Says China’s Scarborough Shoal Claim ‘Destabilizing’ Region
The US accused China on Saturday of using “dubious” pretexts to press its disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea by enforcing a nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal and barring F...