China Will 'Pull the Trigger' in the South China Sea | The National Interest

China Will 'Pull the Trigger' in the South China Sea | The National Interest
"The National Interest has recently hosted a debate on whether China wants a confrontation in the South China Sea.
In a January 24 piece, “China Wants Confrontation in the South China Sea,” I argue what the title states.
James Holmes, in “No, China Doesn’t Want Confrontation in the South China Sea,” takes a different view.
In this piece, I show China wants more than just to provoke a confrontation in that contested body of water. 
It wants to “pull the trigger.” Beijing, we should recognize, will almost certainly use force if it gets the opportunity.
That’s more than just a prediction.
It is an extrapolation from past Chinese behavior..."
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