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

... island-building activities were assessed as leading to a negative environmental impact and damaging the biological diversity. On May 9, 2019, the U.S. format of presence in the region became even more collective: the United States, the Philippines, India, and Japan conducted joint quadrilateral exercises in Changi Bay, located on the waterway from the Strait of Malacca to the SCS. A naval expedition headed by the U.S. Navy’s USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) made a transit in route to Singapore where ASEAN+ ...