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, and claims the Philippine Navy handed over the rocket debris after a "friendly consultation."
The allegedly forceful retrieval took place over the weekend while American Vice President Kamala Harris was visiting the island nation, heightening the drama.when decrying the "intimidation and coercion" that occurs around the disputed Spratly Islands , though she didn't single the country out by name.
While this particular piece of Chinese space junk has caused an international relations kerfuffle because it landed in disputed waters, it's not even the latest example of a growing problem. Indeed, after the piece of the Long March 5B rocket landed in the Philippines, another piece of debris — this time
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