Opinion: India sails into China’s turbulent contested waters

BY JONATHAN MANTHORPE,







Beijing and New Delhi are honing a keener edge on their maritime rivalry in Asian waters as India begins to establish its presence in the South China Sea, which China claims almost entirely as its own territorial waters.
Last week, without naming India, China’s Foreign Ministry said the actions of any country exploring for oil and gas in the South China Sea without China’s permission are “illegal and invalid” and “constitutes an

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