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BERLIN (Reuters) - A German frigate will set sail for Asia in August and, on its return journey, become the first German warship to cross the South China Sea since 2002, senior government officials in Berlin said on Tuesday. The ship will not pass within what officials called the "12-nautical-mile", officials in the foreign and defence ministries added, in a reference to contested areas in the crowded sea. China claims almost all the energy-rich waters of the South China Sea, where it has established military outposts on artificial islands. The U.S. Navy regularly conducts "freedom of navigation" in which their...
