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Under the sea: Russia, China and American control of the waterways

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imageThe USS Roosevelt sails the South China Sea. US Navy/Reuters

In the summer of 2007, in a bizarre incident shown live on Russian television, scientists accompanied by a couple of senior politicians descended 4,300 meters to the floor of the Arctic Ocean in two Mir mini submarines. Divers then planted a Russian flag on the seabed, and Russia...

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