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China has had the same claims for 70 years and frequently acted on its claims, including numerous skirmishes with the Viet and Phil. Nothing has changed really since then. It does not matter whether China's historical claims opened Asia for US incursions or not.
China will strategize based on its own priorities. Today, regional politics revolves around China's actions or inactions. That's the result of China's growing power. The only force that can compete with China is the US. And the two sides are now playing their cards through proxies. That the proxies are pro-China or pro-US does not matter. They are side shows and what really matters is the result of the great power game. That's still up for grabs.
Basically, it all comes down to geopolitics. Whoever plays the game better and whoever has enough resources and
stamina will probably get the prize.
wrong.its not about the claim anymore.Chinese Ships are ramming Vietnamese Ships and obstructing them in International Water.do you even know what that means??it means both country are now at state of war.now,as China signed UNCLOS,that means they're violating their own oath that they'll provide safe passage to every country's ships and will decide the boundary based of discussion.even if we say that both Spratly and Paracels are Chinese land,even then,the rig is in international water.China has no right to ram another ship in international water,nor can it block other ships.plus,its in an intersection of both country's EEZ.why would China place a rig which is inside Vietnam's EEZ without any discussion,if China has sane intentions??its not Philippines and Vietnam are intentionally asking other countries to protect them.its because China already forced them to do it.