Why is China militarising the South China Sea?
Recent Western reports confirm that China is militarising disputed reefs and shoals in the South China Sea. China will obtain no military benefit from this but will simply acquire some weak naval bases at the cost of antagonising rival claimants.
Main Author: | Yoon, Sukjoon |
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Other Authors: | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies |
Format: | Commentary |
Language: | English |
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2015
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104914 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25942 |
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