‘Salami slicing’: How China is trying to increase control in the Pacific
China's strategic island-building and maritime expansion in the Pacific are raising international concerns.
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📍 How it ended
China expanded its maritime jurisdiction east of Taiwan and utilized a gray-zone strategy in the East China Sea. This effort included building a massive new island at Antelope Reef, which grew to 1,490 acres in months.
The story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage.
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The brief
China is reportedly expanding its control in the Pacific through a strategy known as 'salami slicing.' This involves incremental, gradual actions to assert jurisdiction and build infrastructure in disputed waters. Coverage emphasizes China's island-building activities, particularly in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
Watch for potential responses from neighboring countries and international bodies. Coverage does not yet specify any official reactions or diplomatic efforts in response to these developments.
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Quick answers
What is 'salami slicing'?
'Salami slicing' refers to a strategy of making a series of small, incremental changes to gradually achieve a significant goal, in this case, increasing control in the Pacific.
Where is China building new islands?
China is building new islands in the South China Sea and expanding its maritime jurisdiction east of Taiwan.
What is the size of the new island in the South China Sea?
The new island, known as Antelope Reef, has grown to 1,490 acres in recent months.
Coverage (5)
- Why is China secretly building a massive new island in the South China Sea? India Today · 22d ago
- China gradually expands its maritime jurisdiction east of Taiwan Наша Ніва · 22d ago
- China's biggest island-building project in years: How Antelope Reef grew to 1,490 acres in months The Times of India · 22d ago
- China’s Gray-Zone Strategy in the East China Sea: Upping the Ante The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) · 22d ago
- ‘Salami slicing’: How China is trying to increase control in the Pacific CNN · 22d ago
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