Malaysia’s special role in the South China Sea

By Ho Yi Jian

October 2014 COVER STORY
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Malaysia has a stake in the South China Sea dispute – and not just where territory is concerned. As ASEAN Chair next year, there are opportunities to take advantage of and complications to avoid.Soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army 1st Amphibious Mechanised Infantry Division.In May this year, Chinese oil company China National Offshore Oil Corporation placed the HYSY-981 oil drilling platform approximately 130 nautical miles from the Vietnamese shore. This caused simmering anti- Chinese sentiment to boil over into...

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Ho Yi Jian

was with the International Institute for Strategic Studies (Asia) before pursuing a masters in International Relations in Australia. He is currently a freelancing writer and researcher in KL.

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