What China wants, China gets. That’s a fallacious statement and a preposterous idea.
But we need to know what China wants in the South China Sea to understand the reason behind its persistent bullying in waters that are clearly within our exclusive economic zone.
China claims about 90 percent of the SCS, one of the world’s most commercially vital waterways, as its sovereign possession. President Xi Jinping said there is no room for compromise on this issue.
China is also seeking to legitimize policies at home and abroad, and delegitimize unfavorable rules, including the Arbitral Tribunal’s ruling invalidating China’s nine-dash line claim. Since 2013 China has scaled up land reclamation and construction of facilities on and around several disputed islands, including ports that could accommodate combat ships, runways, aircraft hangars, and radar for military use. The plan is to expand its military control over the South China Sea and Southeast Asia., Hal Brands and Michael Beckley described China’s grand ambitions.
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