China And The Right Of Any Nation To Destroy A Sea (The Dying South China Sea)

     China's war against the South China Sea is short sighted and not in the long term interest of humanity, China, or any of the nations that share the South China Sea. Nationalism or whatever it is that motivates China to destroy living coral reefs, atolls, coral islands, and healthy marine zones in order to build military outposts and more, is destroying the South China Sea. Large clams, sea turtles and other marine life are recklessly harvested, ensuring their complete collapse.
      China is turning the South China Sea from a biologically rich, biologically diverse, sustainable food source into a desert that will sustain nothing. It is becoming an empty sea filled with artificial  sterile islands built on the backs of what was once vibrant life.
       Killing a sea in the interest of nationalism or Chinese expansion or whatever motivates the leaders of China to pursue such a reckless path guarantees a future of hunger for millions of people that rely on the bounty of the South China Sea. Many Chinese people will suffer, as will millions of people from the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and elsewhere.
        Conservation groups worldwide should address this emergency, including by putting this issue front and center at the UN, pressing for the South China Sea coral reefs and other still pristine areas to be protected marine zones. This means not necessarily challenging Chinese claims of sovereignty, but definitely challenging the right of any nation to destroy a sea or ocean. The Philippines, a nation that will suffer greatly if the South China Sea continues to die, must put the destruction of the South China Sea front and center. Not by war or violence, but by every diplomatic, economic and nonviolent means possible. Unfortunately, more than likely the Philippines will do nothing, conservation groups will do nothing; no one will do anything to stop this wanton destruction. If only this assessment is wrong. And if it not, as sure as sure can be, the South China Sea will stop being the ecological jewel, biologically rich food source that it has been from time immemorial.