China was challenging freedom of navigation in the South China Sea；The South China Sea's Ticking Time Bomb

The Economist

American officials are losing patience with China. On May 22nd the vice-president, Joe Biden, was blunt. He warned naval-college graduates of “new fault lines” emerging between the great powers. China, he said, was challenging freedom of navigation in the South China Sea by reclaiming land on disputed reefs on a “massive scale”http://econ.st/1cm7RBW

Try not to blink

As China asserts itself as a naval and air power, and as America responds, the risks of confrontation are growing

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TIME

“If China continues on its present course — and the international community doesn’t back down — military confrontation seems likely.”

The South China Sea's Ticking Time Bomb

Beijing is bulldozing sand into the eyes of the world

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