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US tech firm bares heavy presence of Chinese vessels near PH-occupied island Aside from the Philippines and China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan also have claims in the South China Sea, which is crisscrossed by vital sea-lanes through which billions of dollars in global commerce passes every year and where islets, reefs, and atolls are believed to be sitting atop vast energy reserves. In 2016, the Philippines won at an international arbitration court a recognition of its exclusive economic zone over waters 370 kilometers from its coast. The court ruling also invalidated China’s claims over nearly all of the South...