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Hainan, China
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1997
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Michael S. Yamashita
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"A tourist approaches China's southernmost point, traditionally considered the end of the civilized world. Spurred by Hainan's governor, China is extending its reach beyond this once peripheral island toward what it hopes are billions of barrels of untapped offshore oil."
—From "South China Sea: Crossroads of Asia," December 1998, National Geographic magazine
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