Andrew Scobell on China’s Aggression in the South China Sea

October 30, 2023 00:07:49
Andrew Scobell on China’s Aggression in the South China Sea
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Andrew Scobell on China’s Aggression in the South China Sea

Oct 30 2023 | 00:07:49

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Show Notes

In asserting its claims in the South China Sea, Beijing “recognizes that international law is not on its side,” says USIP’s Andrew Scobell. Instead, China has resorted to gray-zone provocations against the Philippines and others that “are deliberate, on China’s part, to keep [the situation] below the threshold of war.”

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