Land reclamation, Hong Kong. Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care
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Washington hopes Southeast Asian nations to take a more united stance against China’s rapid acceleration this year of construction on disputed reefs…
Showing no Signs of Giving Ground, China and US Remain at Odds over South China Sea Projects, ABC News (05-18-2015)
The U.S. and most members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations want a halt to the projects, which they suspect are aimed at building islands and other land features over which China can claim sovereignty. U.S. officials say China has reclaimed about 2,000 acres of dry land since 2014…
Great Wall Of Sand: Chinese Mischief at Mischief Reef, The New York times (04-12-2015)
In recent years, China has laid claim to the South China Sea with increasing fierceness, challenging the counterclaims of neighboring states and confronting their fishing boats on the open water. But new satellite photos have provided the most dramatic evidence yet of just how aggressively China is acting to establish a sphere of influence in the South China Sea…
