James Stavridis
Summer may be fading, but things are heating up in the South China Sea. With China claiming essentially the entire water space — which is half the size of the continental US — many of the nations around the littoral have been pushing back, using their coast guards and merchant ships.
In June, a scuffle involving vessels from China and the Philippines near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal resulted in a Filipino seaman losing his thumb, crushed under the keel of a Chinese ship being maneuvered aggressively against his small craft.
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