While Beijing installs platforms, Seoul balances trade, alliance and leadership vacuum as it weighs cost of pushing back
China’s installation of a fixed steel platform in the Yellow Sea is a stress test of how far a U.S. ally, boxed in by trade pressure, alliance friction and domestic political transition, can be pushed without pushing back.
While both governments held a dialogue on Wednesday over the maritime dispute, China’s activities in the ROK-China Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) began well before the Feb. 2025 maritime standoff that drew headlines in South Korea.
China’s installation of a fixed steel platform in the Yellow Sea is a stress test of how far a U.S. ally, boxed in by trade pressure, alliance friction and domestic political transition, can be pushed without pushing back.
While both governments held a dialogue on Wednesday over the maritime dispute, China’s activities in the ROK-China Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) began well before the Feb. 2025 maritime standoff that drew headlines in South Korea.
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