CHINA-US: TENSIONS ESCALATE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

U.S.-China tensions over the South China Sea escalated on August 26, with Beijing firing four medium-range ballistic missiles into the disputed area between Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands. The move came a day after Beijing protested a flyover by a U.S. spy plane.  Separately on August 26, the US Administration imposed trade and visa restrictions against 24 companies for their efforts to help China “reclaim and militarize disputed outposts” in the contested maritime area. Among those on the list are: Units of state-owned China Communications Construction Co., one of the largest builders of projects in the country’s “Belt and Road” initiative and Guangzhou Haige Communications Group Co., which makes digital communication and global positioning system gear.







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