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Auteur : Carlyle A. Thayer. Emeritus Professor, UNSW Canberra The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. Série : Background BriefingProduction : Thayer Consultancy. Thayer Consultancy provides political analysis of current regional security issues and other research support to selected clients. Thayer Consultancy was officially registered as a small business in Australia in 2002.Diffusion : PDF sur le portail Scribd.Date : 4 avril 2020This Background Brief considers seven issues: why did China Coast Guard  ram and sink Vietnamese fishing boat, relationship between COVID-19 and South China Sea disputes, will China act when others are distracted, are China’s actions aimed at domestic public opinion, boat sinking and telephone conference between government leaders, USS Theodore Roosevelt and COVID-19, and US response. Source : Carlyle A. Thayer, “Is China Using COVID-19 Pandemic to Advance Interests in the South China Sea”, Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, 04/04/2020. URL : https://fr.scribd.com/document/455029973/Thayer-Is-China-Using-COVID-19-Pandemic-to-Advance-Interests-in-the-South-China-Sea (consulté le 11/05/2020).Illustration «&#160;à la une&#160;» : Logo of Thayer Consultancy © DR