South China Sea crisis flares up as Australian leader heads to Washington - Washington Examiner
An intensifying dispute in the South China Sea could have significant repercussions for China's attempt to seize territory from the Philippines and even ignite a military standoff between the communist regime and the United States. “We're at the point where [China’s] next step here is use of deadly force or to back off,” American Enterprise Institute nonresident fellow Mike Mazza told the Washington Examiner. “And backing off is possible — it's not like China has...