Once again, China appears to be checking out how far it can go in asserting control over the West Philippine Sea–this time tightening its grip on Scarborough Shoal, which it seized in 2012, while seemingly expecting the Philippines to stay silent, as it did when Rodrigo Duterte was the one in Malacañang. China, imposing its baseless and illegal nine, now 10-dash line, has said that it has indisputable sovereignty over Scarborough Shoal, which is 900 kilometers from its southernmost province, the Hainan Island. The shoal, however, which the Philippines calls Bajo de Masinloc, is only 240 kilometers away from Zambales. […]... Keep on reading: West Philippine Sea: Giving China the warfare it deserves