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B. Japan has had its own dispute with China over some uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, but the island nation does not border the South China Sea. The disputed islets in the South China Sea are claimed in part or in whole by Taiwan, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
D. China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year and which is believed to have huge deposits of oil and gas.
C. In 1974 the Chinese seized one group from of islands from Vietnam, killing more than 70 Vietnamese troops. In 1988 the two sides clashed over another group of islands, with Vietnam again coming off worse, losing about 60 sailors.
A. In 2013, China's trade with the United States totaled $512 billion. It was more than $312 billion with Japan, $197 billion with Taiwan and $89 billion with Russia.