China’s efforts to establish regional hegemony - comment
With its re-emergence as the dominant economy in the region, China has widened its claims on features in the South China Sea and islands in the East China Sea.
OFFICIALS APPLAUD Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in March.(photo credit: CARLOS GARCIA RAWLINS/ REUTERS)BySTEPHEN NAGYUpdated: