Chinese harassment
If we are one month or so into a new American administration, it must be time for Chinese ships or planes to harass U.S. military ships or aircraft operating near Hainan Island. This strikes me as kind of hokey on the part of Beijing — more befitting the punks of Pyongyang than a great power. ...
If we are one month or so into a new American administration, it must be time for Chinese ships or planes to harass U.S. military ships or aircraft operating near Hainan Island.
If we are one month or so into a new American administration, it must be time for Chinese ships or planes to harass U.S. military ships or aircraft operating near Hainan Island.
This strikes me as kind of hokey on the part of Beijing — more befitting the punks of Pyongyang than a great power.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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