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Natural Gas and Islands in the East China Sea
September 26, 2012 | Energy Information Administration

The East China Sea is thought to contain more natural gas than all of Europe. This is the reason why adjacent countries are engaged in vigorous disputes over uninhabited islands. Each of those islands has an exclusive economic zone that extends far beyond its coastline.


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