Dean Cheng on China-Philippines Confrontations in the South China Sea

August 16, 2023 00:11:11
Dean Cheng on China-Philippines Confrontations in the South China Sea
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Dean Cheng on China-Philippines Confrontations in the South China Sea

Aug 16 2023 | 00:11:11

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Show Notes

Tensions between China and the Philippines over control of Second Thomas Shoal have become the focal point of China’s increasingly aggressive efforts to assert dominance over the South China Sea, says USIP’s Dean Cheng: “Essentially what [China] is saying is that huge swath of ocean … is somehow Chinese waters.”

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