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As tensions ease, China keeps building on disputed islands
« on: December 16, 2017, 08:55:53 am »
As tensions ease, China keeps building on disputed islands
By: Matthew Pennington, The Associated Press   1 day ago

WASHINGTON — Tensions over China’s island-building in the South China Sea may have eased in the past year, but Beijing has kept busy.

New satellite imagery shows China has built infrastructure covering 72 acres (28 hectares) in the Spratly and Paracel islands during 2017 to equip its larger outposts to be air and naval bases.

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/12/15/as-tensions-ease-china-keeps-building-on-disputed-islands/