Full coverage: The South China Sea Issue
Let's get some perspective on this from our guest Professor Shi Yinhong, joining us in the studio from the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China.
Q1: Both China and the US have used "freedom of navigation" to back their positions in the South China Sea - explain to us what this entails? And has China's claims in the South China Sea disrupted the freedom of navigation?
Q2: What is the US' interest in the South China Sea for it to be so involved in the regional disputes?