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Zitat:News Analysis
A New Era of Gunboat Diplomacy
By MARK LANDLER
Published: November 12, 2011
WASHINGTON
IT may seem strange in an era of cyberwarfare and drone attacks, but the newest front in the rivalry between the United States and China is a tropical sea, where the drive to tap rich offshore oil and gas reserves has set off a conflict akin to the gunboat diplomacy of the 19th century. ...