Why China’s dangerous Second Thomas Shoal escalation matters

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On Saturday, a Chinese coast guard vessel fired its water cannon at a Philippine vessel as it attempted to resupply Marines. The Marines in question are aboard a deliberately grounded ship in the Second Thomas Shoal, serving to reinforce the Philippines‘s rights over those waters.

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