Analytics

China considers the South China Sea its ‘internal’ sea and therefore claims many islands in the region. These islands are mostly Philippine. This is a simple explanation for the recent aggressive actions of Chinese ships and military exercises near these islands...

In the early 2000s, the pace of China’s economic growth, along with its geographic and demographic indicators, already provided grounds to predict that "China’s claims to redistribute global resources and spheres of influence" could move beyond "purely theoretical discussions"...