CCP Could Use South China Sea Tensions to Gauge US Response to Its Allies: Experts

The Chinese communist regime could use the South China Sea to gauge the U.S. response to its allies as the regime extends military expansion in the waterway, which is vital to the global economy, according to experts. Tension in the South China Sea simmers after multiple confrontations between ships from China and the Philippines in the vital waterway in recent months. In a June 17 encounter, the Philippines said its personnel were injured, and vessels were damaged after a clash between boats from Manila and Beijing near Second Thomas Shoal, part of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea....