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What flags and fishy structures say about Chinese power projection in disputed waters
The Philippines and South Korea are targets of ‘grey zone’ tactics at a time when US policy towards China is unsettled.
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Philippine coast guard personnel holding a Philippine flag during an inter-agency maritime operation on Sandy Cay.
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A dodgy disused oil rig in the Yellow Sea and rival displays of national flags on a tiny South China Sea sandbar seem inconsequential compared with the Ukraine war negotiation and the impending danger of economic recession. But two minor recent incidents may be warnings of new flashpoints in US-China relations.
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