From Australia to Britain, from Vietnam to India, China seems to be on the warpath against the world. It has deployed economic and trade tools to coerce Australia and Britain and military might to expand its territory in Asia.
The current spread and intensity of the Chinese threat may be unprecedented, but China is using its old playbook. The Deer and The Dragon, a collection of essays on China and Southeast Asia, helps explain the methods it uses to acquire tributaries in Southeast Asia and turn the South China Sea into a virtual Chinese lake. Trying to suborn Australia into accepting ...
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First Published: Sun, June 21 2020. 23:28 IST
