At the time of global pandemic china's aggression towards its neighbors is an attempt to make them quiet. By doing that dragon try to distract everyone of his failure in pandemic and save him from tge blame of covid-19 pandemic. In doing so he raise disputes against neighbour countries like india bhutan japan.

I don't think China has the right to bombard the area . but the US has also been doing so for an awfully long time. FWIW the US really has less standing in the area than China. >"The move was Beijing’s latest effort to assert sovereignty over disputed waters."

Waste of money, the Russians established it was easier to simply run into US forces under Trump in a game of bumper cars to establish dominance in an area. They just needed a few tug boats...and a pristine beach for a possible Trump resort for the CCP state department to dangle

so fair

A top Japanese government spokesman said Tokyo was monitoring Beijing's recent actions in the South China Sea. Rival action between powerful countries is so complexed. Let the aquatic animals in these sea safe.

>"The move was Beijing’s latest effort to assert sovereignty over disputed waters."