Dr Zhihua Zheng is a research associate professor and head of the East Asia Marine Policy Project at the Center for Japanese Studies, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He specialises in the law of the sea and marine policy.
Rather than repeat the military drills sparked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit, Beijing can make official the baselines of Taiwan’s territorial waters, clarifying the scope of China’s sovereignty – and preventing sleepwalking into war.