This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Britain ‘provokes’ China by sending warship into South China Sea China’s ‘nine-dash line map’ makes absurd claims to South China Sea Britain ‘provokes’ China by sending warship into South China Sea Late last month, the HMS Albion, a British Royal Navy flagship amphibious assault ship, was traveling through the South China Sea en route from Tokyo to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in Vietnam. The 22,000-ton amphibious warship was carrying a contingent of Royal Marines. On August 31, the ship exercised its “freedom of navigation” rights as it passed near the Paracel Islands. The Paracel Islands have been ruled by the courts to be in international waters, but China has used military force to annex them, in clear violation of international law. China immediately launched a military challenge of the British ship by dispatching a frigate and two helicopters. However, both sides remained calm during the encounter. In 2016, China claimed “ironclad proof” of the sovereignty of the Paracel Islands. The proof consisted of a 600-year-old handwritten book by fisherman Su Chengfen, who uses the book as a guide to the various routes between the islands. The BBC decided to investigate and tracked down… Read full this story
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