Tensions Escalate in The South China Sea: Why China Build Islands to Claim The Sea - TLDR News

India/China Dispute:    • The India China Border Conflict Explained:...   Hong Kong/China:    • Hong Kong's New Security Law: The Hong Kon...   Chinese Concentration Camps:    • China's Hidden Concentration Camps: How Ch...   For years tensions have been escalating in the South China sea, with China trying to use the waters to exert greater influence over the region. However, China's tactic of building new islands and general Chinese controversy has caused the issue to bubble over recently. In this video, we explain the historic issues, what China wants and why this suddenly became an even bigger issue. Follow TLDR on Facebook:   / tldrnewsuk   Follow TLDR on Twitter:   / tldrnewsuk   Follow TLDR on Instagram:   / tldrnewsuk   Discord:   / discord   TLDR TeeSpring Store: https://teespring.com/stores/tldr-sum... Support TLDR on Patreon:   / tldrnews   Donate by PayPal: https://tldrnews.co.uk/funding TLDR is all about getting you up to date with the news of today, without bias and without filter. We want to give you the information you need, so you can make your own decision. TLDR is a super small company, run by a few people with the help of some amazing volunteers. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, following and backing on Patreon. Thanks! //////////////////////////////////////// 1 - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-p... 2 - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/wo... 3 - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/M... 4 - https://thediplomat.com/2019/08/the-s... 5 - https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/why... 6 - https://web.archive.org/web/201302131... 7 - smh.com.au/world/asia/why-is-the-south-china-sea-such-a-hotspot-20200727-p55fxh.html 8 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_C... 9 - https://chinapower.csis.org/much-trad... 10 & 11 - https://chinapower.csis.org/much-trad... 12 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_W... 13 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson... 14 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vi... 15 - https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/14445... 16 - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019... 17, 18 & 19 - https://www.belfercenter.org/publicat... 20 - https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/11... 21 - https://thediplomat.com/2019/06/rethi... 22 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_W... 23 -    • Geopolitics of Southeast Asia   24 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_W... 25 - https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/11... 26 - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-austra... 27 - https://www.belfercenter.org/publicat... 28 - https://www.belfercenter.org/publicat... 29 - https://www.belfercenter.org/publicat... 30 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom... 31 - https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplo... 32 - https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/... 33 - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us... 34 - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo... 35 - https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/... 36 - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020... 37 - https://www.theguardian.com/australia... 38 - https://www.scmp.com/news/china/milit... 39 - https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/... 40 - http://eng.mod.gov.cn/news/2020-08/01...