To: tallhappy
China is building its bluewater Navy in part to lay claim to the Spratlys and other resource rich areas of the South China Sea, for oil, mainly, but fishing as well. Philippines and the other claimants will have a growing problem trying to assert their rights in the Spratlys with China moving in.
To: RightWhale
Looks like another potential proxy war.
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