China has assertively expanded its area of control by occupying disputed uninhabited islands strategically situated in surrounding seas. Most of these islands are far from China’s coastal waters. (Photo: U.S. Army Tiffini M. Jones, MC 1st Class)

China has assertively expanded its area of control by occupying disputed uninhabited islands strategically situated in surrounding seas. Most of these islands are far from China’s coastal waters. (Photo: U.S. Army Tiffini M. Jones, MC 1st Class)

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