High-stakes brinksmanship in the Pacific as China expands reach into the South China Sea

China has been rapidly militarizing disputed territories in the South China Sea, some say as part of a strategy to usurp U.S. geopolitical dominance of the region, including the critical shipping routes.

      

 

 

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