“The Doklam affair [military standoff occurred between China and India as China attempted to extend a road on the Doklam plateau southwards] illustrated China's proclivity to miscalculate and overreach. India's refusal to bend while talking peace offers China's other neighbours an example of how to manage Chinese coercion. Doklam also raises a broader question: Had the US stood up to China in the South China Sea, would the seven artificial and now-militarised islands have been created? It is China's success in altering the status quo there - without incurring any international costs - that has emboldened its territorial revisionism in the East China Sea and the Himalayas.”
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