“I think this is all a test to see how the kenyan reacts.”
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That is most likely,...I do not, however, think that China will make any REAL moves. They have too much commerce in the South China Sea region to screw it up.
If they do make a move and the USA backs off then China gets its way altogether subject only to Japan’s reactions. If China thinks the US will not oppose it then China will grab the islands and the Sinicization of the Western Pacific will progress in earnest.