What China Dangerously Underestimates About America's Interest In The South China Sea

Kyle Mizokami, The Week
Fri, 05/29/2015 - 2:17am

Last week one of the U.S. Navy's newest patrol aircraft, a P-8A Poseidon, took off from an air base in the Philippines and flew due west. Over the shimmering blue green waters of the South China Sea, the plane was hailed by a voice warning the crew they were nearing Chinese territory and should immediately leave. The incident didn't occur near what most people consider China — mainland China was hundreds of miles away.

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