China is acting poorly - from the London Daily Mail:
China flexes its military muscle: Beijing exploits Covid crisis to assert control of strategically vital South China Sea - and the US sends three warships in response
China has taken advantage of the world’s struggle with Covid-19 to mount a disturbing display of military firepower and push its illegal claims to land and oilfields in a two-million-square-mile area in the South China Sea.
The moves have triggered an immediate response from US President Donald Trump.
Deeply worried about Beijing’s insatiable desire for land and the way its military has occupied areas by stealth, Washington has sent three warships to the region.
China’s escalation of war games in the region follows decades of aggression by the Communist government.
It is ignoring international law as it militarises islands and reefs, plans to exploit oil and mineral fields, and hopes to build nuclear reactors in the area.
China needs to be taken down a couple of notches. Now, while it is still relatively weak militarily. They are not a friend to the rest of the world.
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