How the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Set the Stage for China’s South China Sea Expansionism Policy
Following its victory at Johnson South Reef, China embarked on an aggressive expansion, later seizing Mischief Reef (1994) and constructing military outposts on artificial islands. | Image: Republic/AP South China Sea – Thirty-seven years ago today, a small but brutal naval clash in the South China Sea changed the course of history. The Johnson South…