territorial dispute
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The markets did not see Greenland as a territorial dispute.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
Japan has its own territorial dispute with China over a cluster of uninhabited islands called the Senkakus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
In 2010, a maritime territorial dispute with Tokyo prompted Beijing to suspend shipments of the minerals to Japan -- the first major incident highlighting geopolitical ramifications of China's control over the sector.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
Mr. Marcos is adding a new intensity to his muscular foreign policy at a critical moment in his country’s territorial dispute with Beijing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
Germany and France, originally one, are separated by a territorial dispute for more than one thousand years.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
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