If is were not for the China's belligerent shenanigans around the West Philippines Sea, there would be little cause for alarm. However, China's unusual and atypical thirst for expansion there is cause for concern. This is the gist of the EurAsia Times article about Chinese based being built in Cambodia, and Bangladesh which appeared on their website on 2 April 2024.
China is attempting to bully The Philippines, Vietnam and other Asian nations into conceding sea lanes to China. They continually push to establish their illegal Nine Dash Ocean Territory drawn up in the 1940s. The Philippines has emphatically stated they will not ceed their ocean Territory to China. The link above has more details on the technical details on China's illegal assertions.
This has put Vietnam on the front lines of this struggle too. Japan is on alert as well as China squeezes out the freedom of navigation. And Japan has allied with the Philippines on this matter.
The whole world is watching, and China basically doesn't give a tinker's damn about world opinion.
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