The US mounts pressure across 3 maritime flashpoints. How should China respond?

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Chinese researchers urge enhanced coordination among maritime authorities to counter US pressure across East China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea. They warn Washington's 'three seas linkage' strategy aims to stretch Beijing's maritime defenses.

Chinese researchers have called for more coordination among the country’s maritime authorities to counter an American strategy that has put pressure on Beijing across three critical waterways in the first island chain. By synchronising operations across flashpoints in the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, Washington’s “three seas linkage” strategy aimed to force Beijing into multi-front operations and strategic overextension, warned Yue Shengsong, an associate professor...