Media Reporting on the South China Sea Dispute
The Geopolitics of Sovereign Data
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SUMMARY: This article critiques the dominant Western media narrative that frames the South China Sea dispute as a simple, binary conflict between the United States and China. It argues that this oversimplification obscures the complex and long-standing territorial claims and strategic interests of multiple regional actors, including Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia. By focusing only on the superpower rivalry, the media provides a limited view that reduces the pool of available data and hinders a more nuanced understanding of the region's geopolitics.
REFERENCE: This summary was AI generated. Full text originally published as: Tim Stevens, “Media reporting on the South China Sea dispute,” Sovereign Data Vol 1. No. 5 (November 2015). ISSN: 2059-075X.
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