A Chinese report earlier this week claimed that high levels of heavy metals and oils discharged from a grounded Philippine warship at the Second Thomas Shoal - a flashpoint between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea - was harming coral reefs. Political scientist Evan Laksmana tells CNA’s Asia Now that the latest blame game over the contested waters' coral reefs is part of a bigger strategic game. It is “a drop in a big bucket of disputes”, the senior fellow for Southeast Asia Military Modernisation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies adds.
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