How the South China Sea could help Beijing level the nuclear playing field

HAIKOU, China -- The dispute over the South China Sea is about fish, oil, gas, freedom of navigation and, to a very large extent, assertions of national pride. But there could be another element as well, one that makes the sea especially crucial to China and has nothing to do with the rival claimants. Here […]









Source: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636535/s/464d558b/sc/7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cworldviews0Cwp0C20A150C0A50C140Chow0Ethe0Esouth0Echina0Esea0Ecould0Ebe0Ebeijings0Epath0Eto0Egreater0Edominance0Ein0Ethe0Epacific0C/story01.htm