How This Derelict Ship Is Fighting China: http://testu.be/1GEufmA Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml The South China Sea has been the source of escalating tension among neighboring coastal countries. So why is this territorial dispute so complex and why is this region so valuable? Learn More: Armed Clash in the South China Sea http://www.cfr.org/world/armed-clash-south-china-sea/p27883 “American officials insist that Washington does not take sides in the territorial dispute in the South China Sea and refuse to comment on how the United States might respond to Chinese aggression in contested waters. Nevertheless, an apparent gap exists between American views of U.S. obligations and Manila's expectations.” http://www.lowyinstitute.org/issues/south-china-sea South China Sea: Conflicting Claims And Tensions “Geographically, the South China Sea plays a significant role in the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific. The South China Sea is bordered by China, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.” Lessons from the Battle of the Paracel Islands http://thediplomat.com/2014/01/lessons-from-the-battle-of-the-paracel-islands/ “The Battle of the Paracel Islands has since gone down history as the first Sino-Vietnamese naval skirmish in the quest for control over the South China Sea isles. The Sino-Vietnamese naval skirmish in the nearby Spratly Islands in 1988 was the second and final such instance. Since then, tensions have eased.” Watch More: How This Derelict Ship Is Fighting China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvp3OdIqAiM&list;=UUm9L2p8ow5sxONXELw3-_3A Subscribe to TestTube Daily! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubedailyshow/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Special thanks to Evan Puschak for hosting TestTube! Check Evan out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheeNerdwriter/media

• published: 28 May 2015
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