Faceoff within the South China Sea Grows Extra Tense

By: BA Hamzah

Regardless of Beijing’s public stance that its navy profile within the South China Sea is only defensive, its burgeoning expenditures, equal to US$209 billion in 2021, and its acquisition of recent offensive weapon techniques just like the J-20 stealth fighter, hypersonic missiles, and a 3rd plane service below building belies its actual inten…