US distracted Beijing busy in South China Sea

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated December 15 2017 - 3:18pm, first published 3:10pm

Bangkok: China has been busy building military infrastructure in the South China Sea while the United States and its key allies, including Australia, have been distracted by the North Korean nuclear crisis.

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