Confrontation Looms Over Taiwan-Held South China Sea Islands
PLA maneuvers near islands impel Taiwanese Marines to deploy
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By: Jens Kastner
Taiwan’s ministry of defense has confirmed that it has redeployed marines to a Taiwanese-controlled set of specks about 170 km southeast of Hong Kong – only one above water – ending 10 years of demilitarization and setting up a possible confrontation with China’s People’s Liberation Army.
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