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Published online 31 March 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.216
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China denies US ship access to Taiwan Strait
Research vessel's seismology studies compromised by politics.
The research vessel Marcus G. Langseth will have to steer clear of the waters that separate Taiwan from mainland China, after the Chinese government denied the US seismic research vessel permission to sail in the area.
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But this kind of data can be used for military purpose.