US Finally Stands Up to China’s ‘Cabbage Strategy’

Chinese "little blue men" maritime militia in the South China Sea. A member of the Malaysian Navy in a communication exchange with a Chinese Coast Guard ship in the South China Sea, near Kuantan, Malaysia, on March 15, 2014. Rahman Roslan/Getty Images

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The United States has finally put its foot down, facing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) use of open deception to seize control of the South China Sea. The head of the U.S. Navy has allegedly told the CCP that hostile actions from its coast guard and fishing boats will be seen as no different than hostile actions of the Chinese navy.