22 February 2021
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Why Countries as Far Away as France and UK Send Ships to the South China Sea
Voice of America
Leaders as far away as Canada and Western Europe are sending navy ships to the contested South China Sea this year as pushback against Beijing, which they feel has gone too far and begun alarming their citizens, analysts in the region say. Western leaders hope to “create leverage” against China, said Dr. Alan Chong, Associate Professor at the RSIS in Singapore. “One way of reading leverage is to ensure that Beijing takes European values and principles of sustaining free and open transit through international waters seriously,” Chong said.
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