here's a bit of background information, as much for my own reference as anything else (not terribly familiar with the south china sea)...and lo:
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More than half of the world's annual merchant fleet tonnage passes through the Straits of Malacca, Sunda, and Lombok, with the majority continuing on into the South China Sea.
Tanker traffic through the Strait of Malacca leading into the South China
Sea is more than three times greater than Suez Canal traffic, and well over five times more than the Panama Canal. Virtually all shipping that passes through the Malacca and Sunda Straits must pass near the Spratly Islands.(...)
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South China Sea Shipping Lanes
here's a good resource of materials on the south china sea, more in depth than the "Security" bullet above:
WWW South China Sea Virtual Library
