China’s Militarisation of the South China Sea: Creating a Strategic Strait?

• Main Author: Bitzinger, Richard A.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Conflict and Stability; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83392; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41411
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

China continues to up the ante in the South China Sea (SCS), by moving more military and paramilitary forces into the area. The apparent objective is to turn the SCS into a Chinese-controlled waterway and strategic chokepoint.