By Jonathan Robinson Introduction In January 1974, in the tail end of the Vietnam War, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and Republic of Vietnam Navy briefly clashed over control of the Paracel Islands in what became known in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the Battle of the Paracels (Figure 1). Despite Beijing … Continue reading From the Paracels to the Far Seas: How China Closed Their Maritime Medical Platform Gap
