The South China Sea: Grasping at Straws and Whistling Past the Graveyard

September 23, 2020

As their struggle for dominance in the region heats up, China and the U.S. are cranking up pressure on Southeast Asian countries to choose between them.    As they become ever more desperate, officials and pundits are now 'grasping at straws' and 'whistling past the graveyard' in response to the rapidly deteriorating political situation in the South China Sea.