China/South China Sea: Conquering the South China Sea

Mar 25, 2015 | Wall Street Journal
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China is building military bases on artificial islands hundreds of miles off its coast, in waters claimed by six other countries. These new fortresses in the South China Sea raise the risk of war, yet Washington seems to have no strategy to address them. Are the U.S. and its allies ceding the nearly 1.53 million square miles claimed by China without legal merit, including some of the busiest sea lanes on the planet?