The South China Sea, ancient mercantile marine trade route, the 21st-century conflicts between the two great powers.
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The South China Sea (SCS) was a part of the ancient maritime trade route since the 17th century during England's mercantilism period and has become a part of the 20th century Belts and Roads Initiatives Maritime Route. Currently, the SCS is the current conflict in the Asian region. It is also the area that maintains a regional balance of power between China and the United States and the US’s alliances. This research is based on secondary data retrieving information from the summarizing and collating existing documents mostly from online sources with reliable references. This research aims to analyze the involvement of the US in the SCS’s disputes and all disputed nations’ reactions. In conclusion, the authors concluded that with a bully strategy, China will lose support from ASEAN and would delay its BRI success. And it would not be a good choice for the US to initiate any war in this region amid its current hegemonic instability.
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