For everyone watching China’s rise at sea, the Yellow Sea dispute is a preview, not a sideshow.
Fishing boats head out to sea on the first day of the fishing season in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, in Nantong, eastern Jiangsu Province, China, on Aug. 1, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images
On a clear morning in the Yellow Sea, South Korean captains navigate around something that did not exist a few years ago. Rising out of the water is a hulking, oil-rig-style platform, flanked by bright yellow steel cages the size of apartment blocks.
Charles Davis
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Charles Davis is a military veteran and lecturer with an intelligence background. His military awards include: two Bronze Star Service Medals, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, two Meritorious Service Medals, NATO Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Saudi Arabia Liberation Medal, and Kuwait Liberation Medal.
