You can see them on this map created by the NY Times:The military also seems to be giving reporters more access to what is happening in the South China Sea. Both NBC and CNN had reporters on a US surveillance plane flying over the South China Sea. One soldier described it as just “another Friday afternoon in the South China Sea.”The NBC version of this report is here. We’ve been hearing for years that China intends to invade Taiwan one day if it can’t achieve a peaceful “reunification.” That threat has been ever-present as has China’s increasing belligerence toward Taiwan and their militarization of islands in the South China Sea. Or maybe we’re just trying to discourage China from making the same mistake Russia made exactly one year ago today.
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