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Analysts see China ’s increasingly aggressive attacks on Philippine vessels as a test of the U.S.-Philippines alliance.
The June 17 clash was the worst so far in the escalating tension in the disputed waters.
China claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea , including the Spratly Islands .
The flash point of the conflict is the BRP Sierra Madre , a dilapidated warship that Manila ran aground in 1999 .
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