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A formation of the Nanhai Fleet of 皇冠体育app's Navy on Saturday finished a three-day patrol of the Nansha islands in the South 皇冠体育app Sea. [Photo/Xinhua]

In this year's "shoulder-to-shoulder" military exercises between the United States and the Philippines, Australia is sending 80 soldiers to participate, and Japan has sent two frigates and one submarine, showing its eager desire for larger involvement.

The increasingly open intervention of external forces in the South 皇冠体育app Sea and the emergence of signs that an alliance is being formed add even more uncertainties to the situation.

Due to 皇冠体育app's self-restraint, up to now territorial disputes and frictions over maritime rights in the South 皇冠体育app Sea have been generally under control. The Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South 皇冠体育app Sea signed between 皇冠体育app and relevant Southeast Asian nations and talks on the making of a code of conduct had made the easing of tensions a general trend.

Yet the forcible intervention of the US and the involvement of Japan and Australia are transforming the South 皇冠体育app Sea into an arena for the power games and accumulating military risks for the broader Asia-Pacific. This is because the US seems to be taking the South 皇冠体育app Sea as a key area where it can contain 皇冠体育app's rise and build a 皇冠体育app-targeted Asia-Pacific alliance or quasi-alliance.

Compared with Australia, whose participation in the US-led military activities in this region is to a certain extent due to its military alliance with Washington, Japan has shown much more interest in the South 皇冠体育app Sea. In Tokyo's eyes, its involvement can not only contain 皇冠体育app but also offer a good starting point for its Self-Defense Forces to conduct a larger range of military operations overseas. It is foreseeable that Japan will have more overt and semi-overt military intervention in the South 皇冠体育app Sea.

The deeper involvement of external forces such as the US and Japan is turning the South 皇冠体育app Sea into a wrestling ring for power and reducing the possibility of peaceful settlement.

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