It's in the south-east of China.

在中国的东南部。

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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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The east Asia Summit was the last in a series of meetings held over the weekend that provide an annual opportunity for Japan, China and India to compete for influence in south-east Asia.

上周末举行了一系列会议，为日本、中国和印度角逐在东南亚的影响力提供了年度机遇。东亚峰会是其中最后一场。

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And Indonesian textile firms are lobbying against the full implementation from next year of the free-trade agreement between China and the Association of South-East Asian Nations.

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Such an outcome would give China far greater power projection in the East and South China Seas -- through which flow much of East Asia's trade, including the bulk of Japan and South Korea's oil imports.

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Indeed, since China began to flex its military muscles, declaring sovereignty over the many rocks, reefs and resources of the South China Sea, some of the countries of South-East Asia have been readier to open up their ports and repair yards to visiting American naval ships.

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