what Beijing’s new claims over a disputed coral reef mean
- Written by Yucong Wang, Lecturer, University of Newcastle
Earlier this month, China declared new “baselines” around Scarborough Reef, a large coral atoll topped by a handful of rocks barely above sea level in the South China Sea.
By doing so, China reaffirmed its sovereignty claim over what has become a global flashpoint in the disputed waters.
This was a pre-calculated response to the...
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