(Opinion) China in the South China Sea: Has Beijing Overstepped the Mark?
2015-07-23 08:36:59 source：THe Christian Science Monitor
By Peter Ford
July 22, 2015
"Why has China just built seven artificial islands in the strategically sensitive and economically critical South China Sea, alarming its neighbors and risking confrontation with the United States?
Because Beijing believes it can get away with the nervy move and bolster an old desire for regional dominance."
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