Flak for China’s Latest Tonkin Gulf Baseline

However, the baseline won’t likely escalate tensions

By: B A Hamzah

China’s March 1 announcement of a redrawn map in the Beibu Gulf, more famously known as the Tonkin Gulf and the area that gave start to the Vietnam War 60 years ago, has drawn apprehension from a wide range of critics that Beijing is once again attempting to strengthen its grip on the entire South China Sea. Those concerns are likely unfou…