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A flag raising ceremony is held on China's fisheries patrol ship Yuzheng 310, South China Sea. Picture taken on May 8, 2012.
China has beefed up patrols in the South China Sea to protect the country's maritime rights and interests as Chinese fishing boats have been frequently harassed or seized by armed ships of neighboring countries.
A helicopter flies over CNOOC 981, China's first deep-water drilling rig, May 8, 2012.
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Philippine and US marines sit in rubber dinghies during an amphibious raid as part of a Philippine-US joint military exercise in Ulugan bay on the western coast of Philippines April 25, 2012.
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