WIRE — BEIJING — China said it conducted military and coast guard drills on Saturday near Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, a contested reef in the South China Sea, in a show of force after recent clashes with the Philippines in the disputed waters. The Philippines and China contest each other's sovereignty over the resource-rich coral shoal, which Beijing
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