A trader works at Subic Fish Port at dawn in Subic Bay,
Philippines. / Thomas Maresca MASINLOC, Philippines -- Romeo
Taneo, 39, has been going to Scarborough Shoal for as long as he
can remember. The rich schools of fish such as tuna found along
the chain of reefs and rocks 124 miles from shore have been
fished by the people of this Philippine town for centuries. But
the 2,000 fishermen of Masinloc haven't gone there in months,
not since Chinese vessels arrived to claim the shoal for China
even though its coastline is 500 miles away. "We can't fish
there anymore," Taneo said. "Whenever we go near, the Chinese
chase us away." China has essentially said it wants to chase
every nation from the South China Sea. It has laid claim to 1
million square miles of the sea and in recent months has been
dispatching ships and aircraft to enforce its ownership,
infuriating Asian nations whose coastlines also approach the
sea. It's not just for the rich sources of fish that China and
others are battling. The World Bank has e