TO GO WITH China-military-maritime-dispute,FOCUS by Kelly Olsen This picture taken on July 25, 2012 shows the Chinese government house in Sansha, China's newest city, anchored on a remote tropical island with coral reefs, palm trees and white sand beaches giving it the allure of a tourist idyll, under the administration of southern Hainan province. The so-called "city" is on Yongxing, one of many small islands, reefs and shoals that make up the disputed Paracel Islands spreading over the northern part of the sea. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/GettyImages)
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