My Op-ed article in the South China Morning Post dated 10 December, 2013 entitled "Despite its air defense zone, the only fight China wants is an economic one". Download Great power game over the South China Sea.pdf
The SCMP tagline hides the unveiling of Great Power relations between a rising China and America as extant world superpower, what President Xi refers to as "New Great Power Relations". The South China Sea is a test case where more is at stake than territoiral claims and resources.