China Miscalculates with its Drill Rig
What has China achieved by sending its deepwater drilling rig into the waters off the Paracel Islands?
In one single act it has managed to rupture relations with its brother communists in Vietnam, incensed Vietnamese popular opinion, generated gigabytes of critical international media coverage, revived the “China Threat” discourse in Southeast Asia and u…
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