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in a move that is almost certain to throw fuel on china's territorial disputes
with its neighbors beijing plans to base a huge civilian patrol ship on one of
the main islands it controls in the disputed south china sea and begin
regular patrols. the china ocean news published by the state
oceanic administration says
the ship would be based on *** island which china calls sansha city on
the paracel islands. the report says the regular patrol will serve
to protect china's maritime
interests but didn't say when they will begin .
china claims virtually the entire south china sea putting it at odds with
several countries in southeast asia including the philippines and vietnam.