How China Could Gradually Assume Control Of Scarborough Shoal In The South China Sea

China would build on Scarborough Shoal, over the inevitable protests of Filipinos, if the United States entered the fray or a new president in Manila toned down today's Sino-Philippine friendship.

from Forbes Real Time https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphjennings/2017/12/29/chinas-takeover-of-an-islet-disputed-with-the-philippines-3-scenarios/
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