China's Secret Weapon on Disputed Island: Beer and Badminton

Soldiers, ships, and military outposts are the usual tools of nations staking out their territory. But on disputed shoals in the South China Sea, Beijing may be deploying a new arsenal: soccer fields, pipelines, and tea shops.Woody Island is a tropical oasis about three-quarters of a square mile, just over half the size of Manhattan’s Central Park, with a runway jutting into

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