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Domestic Politics Impel Malaysia into South China Sea Squabble

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Philip Bowring
Nov 19, 2015
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The demands of domestic politics may be impelling Malaysia to end its softly-softly approach to China’s claims on the seas off the coasts of Sabah and Sarawak. Sabah was once part of the sultanate of Brunei which included the Sulu archipelago and southern Palawan, facts of history which China, a latecomer to trade and navigation in the southern sea, ref…

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