Exclusive | South China Sea flare-up risk 'much higher' than across Taiwan Strait, former US 'envoy' to Taipei Douglas Paal says

There is no easily identifiable off-ramp for Beijing and Manila on the Second Thomas Shoal, Douglas Paal, unofficial US representative to Taipei from 2002 to 2006, tells the Post.

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