Storm over South China Sea

Once again, some uninhabited reef in the South China Sea has come under the spotlight in the press. China is blamed for "bullying its small neighbor, encroaching on international freedom of navigation, and being unrestrained". The reef called Ren'ai Jiao is at the center of the dispute. The waters around the reef have become choppier over the past month, when skirmishes erupted frequently in its vicinities. Who is making waves in the South China Sea? What are facts and what are fallacies? Who is the agent provocateur?