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China says it patrolled the South China Sea in an apparent response to U.S. naval drills with allies
China has long-simmering territorial disputes with a number of Southeast Asian nations in the South China Sea, a major shipping route. A Filipino port worker looks on as the Japanese Ship Akebono (D…