Depends on who you ask, there are signs that the friction in the oil rich South China Sea may be abating.
- Easwaran Kanason
Tensions seem to be easing in the short term, with nothing resolved to the long-term problem of border demarcation.
Two countries in particular have been China’s main thorn in their quest to claim the entire sweep of the South China Sea – Vietnam and the Philippines – and in its dealings with both of them, China is rewarding cooperation and…