The lives of millions of people have been turned upside down by the Covid-19 pandemic, but for China in the South China Sea, it has been business as usual - the business being further assertion of its expansive claims over the waterway and its maritime features.
The Chinese have been doing so for a while now, with the help of gunboats, maps and now administrative writ. The question is: What is Asean doing about this?
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