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Islands on Pacific Rim may spark future trouble
Roving across the Pacific rim, disputed isles from Paracels to Spratlys carry seeds of possible future conflict. Nations press claims over Quemoy Matsu to Sabah and Okinawa, amid detente and shifting leadership, with oil interests and strategic positions fueling rivalries among China, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and the United States.
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the Register
Danville
Islands
Pacific
Roderick
Associated Press
TOKYO
Pacific Ocean
Paracels
China
South Vietnam
Persian Gulf
Hokkaido
Soviet Union
Japan
Russia
Taiwan
Republic of China
People's Republic
United States
Pescadores Island
Peking
China Coast
Quemoy
Matsu
Inter
Sabah
Borneo
Malaysia
Manila
Okinawa
U.S
Senkaku Islands