China's Island Factory

[Pete]

China's Island Factory

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/20...701/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.