South China Sea : Beijing's 'Salami Slicing' strategy

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Darshana M. Baruah
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102146; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19925
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

The South China Sea is seeing increasing tension amongst the claimants. The Second Thomas Shoal is the latest addition to Beijing’s ‘Salami Slicing’ strategy of slowly acquiring small reefs and islands to consolidate its contested claim.