28 April 2020
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- China’s Ploy to Leverage Pandemic for East Sea Gains Unsuccessful: Experts
China’s Ploy to Leverage Pandemic for East Sea Gains Unsuccessful: Experts
China might expect a weaker response to its actions in the East Sea amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but experts warn against such expectations. “Beijing is simply exploiting ASEAN countries’ preoccupation with the pandemic in the hope that its actions will provoke little or no reaction, thereby further strengthening its hold in the South China Sea,” said Collin Koh Swee Lean, research fellow at RSIS, on China’s recent actions in the East Sea.
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