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Significance
China’s continued assertion of its expansive claims not only creates friction between Beijing and the South-east Asian claimants but also increases US-Chinese tensions.
Impacts
China will keep sending survey ships, coast guard vessels and its maritime militia to the exclusive economic zones of ASEAN claimant states.
Friction between the Philippines -- one of the ASEAN claimants -- and China will rise as Manila tightens its alliance with Washington.
US military forces will increase the frequency of their operations in the South China Sea, angering Beijing.
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Malaysia,
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Taiwan,
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United States,
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