South China Sea: the Second Front of the US-China Confrontation

... the outposts of the Spratly Islands, thereby strengthening the militarization of the South China Sea [ 2 ]. At the same time, the decision of the PCA of 2016 stated that... ... there has been no available evidence of human habitation there since occupation by China in 1988. All attempts to supply (for example, fresh water) to such “formations”... ... region became even more collective: the United States, the Philippines, India, and Japan conducted joint quadrilateral exercises in Changi Bay, located on the waterway...