How Beijing is using 'fishing militia' to assert its claims in the South China Sea

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : China did sign the non-binding Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea in 2014, which sets out safe behaviour in a bid to make military action more predictable - but it only applies to navies, not coastguards or militias.
38% : Responding earlier to the August 5 incident, the Chinese foreign ministry claimed the outpost on Second Thomas Shoal violated international law and that the Philippines had ignored China's warnings not to send building materials to reinforce the crumbling warship it uses as a base.

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