Alan Wong from Inkstone unpacks the background and the economics of the South China Sea dispute. Learn about the Nine Dash Line, freedom of navigation, the economic importance to China and how this dispute involves Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, and the Philippines as well as the United States.

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Risk of war? The background to the South China Sea dispute

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