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Why Specks of Land in the South China Sea Are Fueling Tensions Between Beijing and Its Neighbors
China, Fishing Rights, Food Security, History, John Selden, Mare Clausum, Military Confrontation, Nine Dash Line, Oil, Philippines, Position Paper, Selden Map, South China Sea Dispute, USA, VietnamThey have names like Pigeon Reef, West Sand, Taisho-To, and Scarborough Shoal. Most are no more than outcrops of rock poking out of the sea. Most have never been inhabited. Few have any direct economic value. If not for the perceived fish and oil wealth in the waters around them, the spat over these specks […]