An opinion article from The Diplomat writes, "Much recent political commentary has focused on the dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea....Yet, despite ongoing legal arguments, China currently has access to important natural resources in the Philippines. While international actors debate the legal status of Chinese and Philippine claims, China is continuing to 'change the facts on the ground' in terms of access to resources...Oil and gas are the most valuable natural resources in the South China Sea, and thus the most high-profile. But fisheries resources constitute an insufficiently recognized economic and symbolic element of the dispute between China and the Philippines. Fisheries resources in this region not only represent current economic value, but also see fishermen forming the 'human front line' of the dispute between China and the Philippines." 

Reuters reports, "Nearly three months after police cleared away the last of Hong Kong's pro-democracy street protests, lingering anger is stoking a new front of radical activism that has turned shopping malls and university campuses into a fresh battleground. While still relatively few in number, a cluster of outspoken groups have staged small but disruptive protests in recent weeks targeting mainland Chinese visitors - tapping a seam of grassroots resentment to call for greater Hong Kong nationalism and even independence from China... The mainlanders - 40.7 million of which visited the city of 7 million last year - spur the local economy, but also exasperate locals by clogging streets and emptying store shelves of cosmetics, baby formula and other essentials." 

"China summoned India's ambassador in Beijing to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to a border area claimed by both countries, a reminder that the world's two most populous countries have yet to resolve vast territorial disputes that have simmered for more than half a century...China viewed Mr. Modi's visit as an unnecessary provocation, lodging a diplomatic complaint on Friday...The dispute has its origins a century ago, when British colonial administrators, negotiating with Tibetan officials, set the border between British India and a then-autonomous Tibet at the so-called McMahon Line in the Himalayan mountains. China, which regained control of Tibet in 1950, claims its border lies well to the south of that line.The diplomatic row over Mr. Modi's visit comes a month after President Obama visited India. He and Mr. Modi found common ground in their unease at China's increasing assertiveness in territorial issues that has come with its rise as an economic power," reports The New York Times.