The Bohai Sea is China's continental sea, while the Yellow, East China and South China seas are marginal seas of the Pacific Ocean.

渤海为中国的内海，黄海、东海和南海是太平洋的边缘海。

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Lately it has taken to calling the South China Sea, which it disputes with five of its South-East Asian neighbours, a "core national interest".

最近中国已宣称其与五个东南亚邻国有纠纷的南中国海属于它的“国家核心利益”之一。

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There, islands in the South China Sea, beneath which oil and gas are thought to lie, are subject to several disputes involving China and South-East Asian neighbours.

在那里，海底蕴藏着石油与天然气的南中国海中的岛屿引发了中国与其东南亚邻国之间的争端。

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The J-11B is expected to be used by the Chinese navy as its frontline fighter, capable of sustained combat over the entire East China Sea and South China Sea.

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Influenced by the writings of Fernand Braudel and Immanuel Wallerstein (historians who helped establish a tradition of global comparative history), large numbers of Japanese intellectuals are beginning to realise that a global economic system existed in the areas around the Indian Ocean, the Arabic Sea, the South China Sea, and the East China Sea long before the westernisation of the world.

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They briefly talked about the South China Sea and the East Asia Summit at the end of that -- because it was a short meeting.

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