________________________________________.The dispute began earlier this week when Philippines Energy Minister Jose Almendras announced that foreign investors will be invited to explore for oil and gas on two undersea tracts northwest of Palawan Island.A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman says the tracts belong to China.争端起源于菲律宾能源部长约瑟?阿尔梅达斯在本周早些时候宣布将引入外资开发位于巴拉望岛西北部的两处海底石油和天然气资源。中国外交部发言人则申明这片区域属于中国。Taking a brief look at market activities on Wall Street,stocks opened higher today.Asia-Pacific stock markets were mixed at the close of trade.简要地看一下华尔街的市场动向，今日股票呈高开态势。亚太地区证券市场在临近收盘时有涨有跌。I'm David DeForest, more news on the Internet at voanews.com.我是大卫?迪佛里斯特，更多新闻敬请登录voanews.com
