Pete
01-22-2015, 07:03
China's Island Factory
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8701/index.html
"The appearance of these new islands has happened suddenly and is a dramatic new move in a longstanding territorial struggle in the South China Sea.
At the beginning of this year, the Chinese presence in the Spratly Islands consisted of a handful of outposts, a collection of concrete blockhouses perched atop coral atolls.
Now it is building substantial new islands on five different reefs...."
Lots of territory they are interested in.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8701/index.html
"The appearance of these new islands has happened suddenly and is a dramatic new move in a longstanding territorial struggle in the South China Sea.
At the beginning of this year, the Chinese presence in the Spratly Islands consisted of a handful of outposts, a collection of concrete blockhouses perched atop coral atolls.
Now it is building substantial new islands on five different reefs...."
Lots of territory they are interested in.