I just wanted to say this. I'm so tired of people posting nothing and stealing the points. I just posted a question with tons of points attached to it and some guy just answered with a backslash. They really need to crack down on some of these people.

i would say your answer would be the second option.

hope this !

china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.

your answer would be (b)