A full-length article in The National Interest dated 9 May 2016 authored by Madam Fu Ying, Chairperson of Foreign Affairs Committee of China’s National People’s Congress and Mr. WU Shicun, President of the National Institute of the South China Sea Studies, explains China's historical territorial claims in the South China Sea, the twists and turns of changing geopolitics and the United States' growing involvement under its Pivot to Asia.
Download South China Sea_ How We Got to This Stage _ The National Interest
(N.B. As a Member of the RSA London Region Committee, I had the honor and pleasure of introducing Madam Fu Ying, first lady Chinese Ambassador to the UK, to speak in 2007 at the prestigious, 260-year-old RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) House at John Adams Street, London).
