Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Could This Be China's Panama Canal? (Lyle J. Goldstein, The National Interest)
President Obama’s trip to Vietnam was ostensibly focused on the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the Asia-Pacific region. However, it is quite certain that the visit had a powerful subtext: strengthening the partnership between Washington and Hanoi to offset Beijing’s aggressive approach to the South China Sea. The Chinese reef reclamation projects resulted in shiny, new and large airstrips coupled apparently with deep water berths for ships have set the whole region on edge
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/could-be-chinas-panama-canal-16389
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