What is Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and why are China and the Philippines disputing it?

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Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Philippines on Tuesday vowed not to back down against a Chinese move to block its fishermen from a hotly contested area of the South China Sea, as Beijing warned against provocations after Manila severed its floating barrier. WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL? The Philippines expressed outrage at the weekend after its coastguard discovered a 300-metre-long ball-buoy barrier policed by China's coastguard near the disputed, China-held Scarborough Shoal, during what it said was a routine patrol. On Monday, the Philippine executed a "special operation" that entailed the coastguard entering the shoal on a small motor...