Why the South China Sea Fuels U.S.-China Tensions?



For many years, the U.S. has assured freedom of navigation in Asia’s waters, patrolling the seas with a view to sustaining the precept that no sovereign state shall endure interference from one other. China’s rising army prowess, mixed with a dogged assertiveness over its territorial claims, is testing the previous methods and offering a possible flashpoint for the 2 powers. That stress is felt most keenly within the South China Sea.

1. WHERE IS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA?

Stretching from China within the north to Indonesia within the south, the waterway encompasses 1.4 million sq. miles (3.6 million sq. kilometers), making it larger than the Mediterranean Sea. It borders nations together with Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore to the west, and the Philippines and Brunei to the east. It’s a thriving fishing zone — yielding some 10 % of the worldwide catch — and holds promising oil and pure gasoline reserves. Much more noteworthy is the huge quantity of commerce that transits by way of its waters. In 2016, that amounted to some $3 trillion, together with greater than 30 % of the worldwide maritime crude oil commerce. Its financial significance has come into sharper focus due to a brewing commerce conflict between the U.S. and China.

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