OPINION

Beijing's South China Sea grab

News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 18/12/2018

» It has been just five years since China initiated its major land reclamation in the South China Sea, and the country has already shifted the territorial status quo in its favour -- without facing any international pushback. The anniversary of the start of its island building underscores the transformed geopolitics in a corridor central to the international maritime order.