Another very useful piece on the disputes in the region by David Brown

Mark Sidel mark.sidel at wisc.edu

Fri Jun 5 07:47:45 PDT 2015

Worth a read:

http://www.asiasentinel.com/politics/getting-china-play-rules/

Mark Sidel

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Joseph Hannah jhannah at uw.edu

Fri Jun 5 07:56:59 PDT 2015

Thanks for this Mark and David.

It is surprising to me that I have not heard more about the ecological

disaster that must be taking place as China buries these reefs to make

their islets. Can anyone point me to such articles?

Thank you,

Joe Hannah

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Joe Hannah

Lecturer, Department of Geography

University of Washington (Seattle)

David Brown nworbd at gmail.com

Fri Jun 5 08:04:53 PDT 2015

Here's one:

http://cogitasia.com/enter-science-chinas-blue-economy-in-the-south-china-seas-policy-discussion/

*"The prospect of a reef apocalypse in the South China Sea should weigh

heavily on claimant countries, all of which need to rely on fish protein to

feed a burgeoning population of roughly 1.9 billion people."*

Thompson, C. M. thompsonc2 at southernct.edu

Fri Jun 5 14:03:00 PDT 2015

Dear Joe,

Thanks for bringing this up, I'd like to hear something about the environmental problems this is bound to be causing too.

cheers

Michele

Michele Thompson

Professor of Southeast Asian History

Dept. of History

Southern Connecticut State Univ.

Bill Hayton bill.hayton at bbc.co.uk

Fri Jun 5 14:05:31 PDT 2015

Here's your expert...

https://www.rsmas.miami.edu/people/faculty-index/?p=john-mcmanus

Bill Hayton

Thompson, C. M. thompsonc2 at southernct.edu

Fri Jun 5 14:10:46 PDT 2015

Dear Bill,

Yes indeed, thanks!