“......on growing doubts about the performance of China’s economy. The rising debts, the enormous overcapacity and the stubborn lack of domestic demand are reaching a point where painful decisions will need to be taken whoever is in charge.”
With global demand dropping and competition increasing from Viet Nam and other countries it makes one wonder why China is stirring up the mess in the South China Sea.
Precisely because they have economic troubles and the competition for investment from the up and coming Asian countries, like Vietnam and PI.
If China can control the China Sea it can “tax” everyone from Japan to Malaysia.