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The risky business of standing up to Beijing in the South China Sea
Capitulating to Chinese demands would set a precedent for other claimants with stakes in the waterway, making it next to impossible to row back from.
Karishma VaswaniThe clash between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea is on everybody’s lips in Manila. Prayers broadcast on the radio plead to a higher power for provocateurs to be kept out.
Tensions are high, and the South-East Asian archipelago needs to work with Beijing and Washington to lower the temperature, but not capitulate to Chinese demands. Doing so would set a precedent for other claimants with stakes in the waterway that would be next to impossible to row back from.
Bloomberg Opinion
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