US, China start Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing
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[BEIJING] The US and China started their annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing Monday, as rising tensions in the South China Sea threatened to overshadow the meeting.
China claims nearly all of the sea despite competing declarations by several Southeast Asian neighbours and has built artificial islands in the area suitable for military use.
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