Report: China Has Achieved Military Dominance In The South China Sea


Newsweek: China's Military Challenges US by Expanding Island Bases, Report Finds

China has been building new military facilities on artificial islands established in the contested waters of the South China Sea, a direct challenge to U.S. foreign policy, according to the latest report by a Washington think tank.

The U.S. has long accused China of creating man-made islands in the South China Sea to enforce Beijing’s vast territorial claims, which are disputed by a number of surrounding countries. Further suspicions that China is using the new land masses to bolster its military in the region were apparently validated by a report released Thursday by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), a branch of the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies. The report, “China's Big Three Near Completion,” uses satellite imagery to detail new military and dual-use installations on three of the internationally contested Spratly Islands.

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