Beijing has snatched another patch of the South China Sea, with its “militia” seizing control of a string of sandbars and denying fishermen access. This island off the Philippines coast is significant. It’s a prosperous fishing spot. And it’s another potential territorial marker in the hotly contested international waterway...Now, China has physically staked its claim over the sandbars that surround it. Filipino fishermen say they are being driven away from their traditional fishing grounds, by Chinese boats. the Chinese Communist Party’s fishing ‘militia’ is pushing out its boundaries. Mayor Roberto del Mundo of Kalayaan, a Philippines Palawan town which administers...
