China tests Scarborough as Manila casts beyond US for help

China’s makeshift platform at Scarborough Shoal may have disappeared, but it has exposed a far more enduring strategy to cement its control of the South China Sea. This month, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that a temporary Chinese floating platform deployed at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea has renewed international […]

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