This disputed territory looks set to become the new flashpoint for increasingly hostile US-China tensions.
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Shanghai | It is a barely habitable expanse of water dotted with a smattering of islands, atolls and reefs.
But this disputed territory in the South China Sea looks set to become the new flashpoint for increasingly hostile US-China tensions and the stage for potential military conflict in a region not far from Australia.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/asia/why-beijing-will-never-yield-on-south-china-sea-20200716-p55cs2
