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CONFLICTELEVATEDJul 21 · Jul 21, 2026, 2:00 PM

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

South China Morning Post

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 aims to force Beijing into multi-front operations and strategic overextension, warned Yue Shengsong, an associate professor...

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