𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐀: 𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐎𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐕𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐏𝐇𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌

There are two ways of looking at the South China Sea. One is as a "semantic object"; the other is as a "physical system." Only one wil lead to a better long-term solution.