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The past few years have beenan eventful period for the South China Sea dispute, which has always been a crucial issue for peace and stability in East Asia. In 2009, the submissions of extended continental shelf claims to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf by various parties in the dispute created the first round of diplomatic tussles. China‘s action of submitting its nine-dotted line map in the South China Sea to the UN, in particular, sparked strong opposition from other claimant states. The diplomatic contentions at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in 2010 in Hanoi, particularly between the American and Chinese officials, marked the unprecedented rise of tensions over the South China Sea issue for over a decade. In the first half of 2011, a series of incidents, including Beijing‘s eavy-handed actions against the Filipino and Vietnamese fishery and energy exploration activities in the South China Sea, further exacerbated the relations among relevant parties in the regional dispute. As a result of all the happenings, the relations between China and some ASEAN claimant countrieshave worsened and external major powers are getting increasingly involved in the South China Sea issue.
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