Commentary / World Mar 1, 2016
The Pentagon's big lie about the South China Sea
The notion that China's actions in the South China Sea threaten commercial shipping is a load of analytical rubbish.
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The notion that China's actions in the South China Sea threaten commercial shipping is a load of analytical rubbish.
China does not share Western values about domestic social order, or about cyber espionage, but it does share our values about the need to avoid war.
China will continue to pursue its claim to the Spratly Islands, but Hainan and Taiwan remain the two great pearls of its maritime frontier strategy.