Mapping the World

China's power interests in the Western Pacific (2019x21)

Data di messa in onda: Set 28, 2019

One of the most important shipping routes in world trade runs through the South China Sea. Due to their strategic importance, the waters have been contested for a long time. Today, the up-and-coming great power China is pursuing an expansion course here and is thus not only defying international law, but is also questioning the hegemony of the USA in the Western Pacific. South China Sea apple of contention: Is a sea battle between China and the USA imminent, and what does the dispute about the rivalry between the two superpowers reveal? Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator