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Philippines taking aim at China’s sea militias

by Richard Javad Heydarian October 29, 2020November 1, 2020

MANILA – A “gray zone” arms race is emerging in the South China Sea, where China’s rising use of para-military forces to assert its contested claims could soon be met by rival maritime militias from Southeast Asia. Long outgunned and outspent by China, the Philippines is now moving to create its own militia sea forces, […]

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