比如，中国最近威胁要对越南在争议的南沙群岛哨所采取军事行动，强迫越南政府停止在南海中国专属经济区边缘钻探天然气。
For example, China recently threatened to launch military action against Vietnam’s outposts in the disputed Spratly Islands, forcing the Vietnamese government to stop drilling for gas at the edge of China’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea.