China has confirmed the discovery of a major gas field in the South China Sea, state media reported on Wednesday.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    1 month ago

    That is one of multiple reasons, but the big ones are still military and economic supremacy. If they control all shipping and fishing there, they will be far, far more powerful than they are now. They don’t need the natural gas to be desperate to make it all theirs. That’s just a bonus.