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Chinese cruise ships will regularly bring tourists to the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) by 2020, as tensions mount in the region. Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost all of the strategically vital South China Sea, despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbors – among them Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei, and the Philippines. China has rapidly built reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military planes. Chinese companies already operate cruises – for Chinese nationals only – to the Paracel Islands.
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