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Asia's troubled waters: What's going on in the South China Sea? Take our quiz.

From neighbors jostling over disputed islands to fishing boat clashes, tensions are rising in the South and East China seas. China and Japan are among the claimants in the headlines, but others are also asserting their maritime rights. How well do you know what's happening in Asia's hotly contested waters? Take our quiz to find out.

9. After Japan’s defeat in 1945, the US military used the Senkaku Islands for what?

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The city government of Tokyo's survey vessel sails around a group of disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea.

A training camp

Bombing practice

A beach resort for soldiers on leave

A naval base
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