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The Sabina Shoal is the New Hot Spot For Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea
After several weeks of relative calm between China and the Philippines over territorial disputes in the South China Sea, tensions between the two sides flared anew over the weekend near Sabina Shoal — a remote reef located 139km from the Philippines province of Palawan.