Does China Think America Is Using a 'Wedge Strategy'? (Lyle J. Goldstein, The National Interest)

The permanent court of arbitration (PCA) ruling from The Hague earlier in July once again has directed the world’s attention to a set of rocks and reefs in the South China Sea. One of the valuable roles of this ruling is to reinforce the notion that these features are indeed “rocks” and not “islands” that would have been entitled to an exclusive economic zone (EEZ). In theory, the resulting negotiations should now be considerably simpler.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/does-china-think-america-using-wedge-strategy-17152