US sends 2 warships as a message to China's expansion in the South China Sea

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If you don't know, the South China Sea is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Almost 1/3 of world maritime trade goes through it each year.

But China being China is trying to continue its unlawful expansion over waterway while the rest of the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Other claimants in the area include Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Brunei.

So how big of an arse h0le is China? Earlier this month, they sank a Vietnamese fishing boat. I guess they were threatened by the fishing nets.

In 2014 China deployed an oil platform in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, leading to a stand-off between Chinese and Vietnamese forces. The Chinese eventually removed the first platform, only later to deploy a second one.

How greedy is China? China claims(through some old maps) that everything inside the "nine-dash-line" belongs to them. This includes all the islands and Shoals, reefs, and of course, Taiwan. Here is the map:




In 2016 international tribunal ruled that China has "no historical rights" based on the "nine-dash line" map. Of course, China rejected the ruling and continue to build on these islands. Also, China has built 2 man made islands, destroying a lot of delicate reefs in the process. But good news(according to rumors) is that their artificial islands is crumbling.