James Borton is a nonresident senior fellow at Johns Hopkins Strategic Advanced International Studies Foreign Policy Institute and the author of "Harvesting the Waves: How Blue Parks Shape Policy, Politics, and Peacebuilding in the South China Sea."
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Giant clams are seen in several piles made by Chinese militias in Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. © AP
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