China and its seas: possible zone of conflict

The Chinese and Russian navies held joint naval exercises earlier this month in the Sea of Japan which borders the East China Sea. These exercises are part of increasing military cooperation between the two countries.

China's President Xi Jinping, pictured. Central to China’s ambitions offshore is Taiwan, writes Gar Pardy. Today it is a politically and economically progressive island of 24 million people, most of whom see little interest in becoming another Hong Kong.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

October 25, 2021

China is lapped by two seas. In the years since the death of Mao in 1976 these seas, the East and the South China, have emerged as important features in the projection of Chinese geopolitical and economic power. There has been a consequential response from the United Stat...

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