China CG destabilize region

China CG involved in two-thirds of incidents.

China’s coast guard cause most South China Sea clashes, US report finds

Increasingly assertive action by China‘s coast guard ships in the South China Sea risks destabilizing the region, according to the authors of new research tracking maritime law enforcement incidents across the vital trade route.

While the risks of full-blown naval conflict dominates strategic fears over the disputed waterway, the danger of incidents involving coast guards should not be underestimated, said Bonnie Glaser, a regional security expert at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies think-tank.

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