Instructions: Given a text passage, come up with an appropriate title for it. The title should accurately represent what the main focus of the passage is. The title of a passage may be present in the first few sentences of the passage and/or be referred to multiple times in the passage. The title should be 1-5 words long.
Input: The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean , encompassing an area from the Karimata and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 square kilometres ( 1,400,000 sq mi ) . The sea carries tremendous strategic importance ; one - third of the world 's shipping passes through it carrying over $3 trillion in trade each year , it contains lucrative fisheries that are crucial for the food security of millions in Southeast Asia , and huge oil and gas reserves are believed to lie beneath its seabed .
Output:
South China Sea