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China is overplaying its hand in the Pacific Islands
By abandoning diplomatic caution in the Pacific, China is no longer able to disguise its true intentions.
John LeeForeign policy expertIt is not just material power that matters in international politics but how cleverly one wields it compared with other nations. The People’s Liberation Army has not fought a war since 1979, when Vietnamese forces more than held their own against the Chinese invaders.
Since then, China has been working out ways to win without fighting.
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