Why China's dangerous Second Thomas Shoal escalation matters
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Blatantly ignoring international law, however, China absurdly claims the Second Thomas Shoal as its sovereign territory. Indeed, as in the map below, China claims that the near entirety of the South China Sea constitutes its sovereign territory.First, because this latest incident evinces China's growing aggression toward the Philippines. In April, a Chinese coast guard vessel threatened to ram a Philippines coast guard vessel operating in the same area.
This rhetoric has deeply aggravated China, reflecting a major shift from the appeasement policy of former President Rodrigo Duterte. That takes us to the second point of note.
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