Beijing has snatched another patch of the South China Sea, with its “militia” seizing control of a string of sandbars and denying fishermen access.
News Corp Australia Network MARCH 5, 2019 1:57PM
China has won the South China Sea
There’s a new name in the South China Sea’s growing list of flashpoints: Thitu Island. While nowhere near the scale of Fiery Cross or Mischief Reefs, this island and bundle of low-lying sandbars off the Philippines coast is just as significant.
Members of a Philippine survey team sailing around Philippine-held Thitu island, with a sandbar seen in the background, in the Spratlys archipelago. Picture: AFPSource:AFP
