THE LATEST ON THE CHINESE LAND GRAB FROM THE PHILIPPINES THE ONE OF THE SPRATLY ISLANDS HAVE COMPLETED THE 10,000 FOOT RUNWAY RECLAIMING THE ISLAND UNDER CHINESE CONTROL–REMINISCENT OF WHEN EMPERIAL JAPAN GREAT PLAN TO EXPAND ITS EMPIRE OVER ASIANS IN WW2 IS NOW IT SEEMS THE COMMUNIST CHINESE IS WILLING TO DO THE SAME WITH ITS NEW FOUND ECONOMY THAT IS BUILDING ITS MILITARY POWER STRUCTURE TO WILL ITS CLAIM WITHOUT REMORSE–WHILST THE POTUS BHO BENDS OVER AND ACCEPTS GLADLY THE CHINESE PRESIDENT XI INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK

China has completed a 10,000 foot runway on a reclaimed island in the South China Sea, according to a new round of satellite photos released Friday.

The completed runway on Fiery Cross Reef could soon be operational and accelerate additional construction on the reclaimed island, according to a Friday report in Jane’s Defence Weekly.

The island in the Spratly chain is in a central location in the South China Sea about 400 miles from Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines and a likely key component of the China’s South China Sea strategy.

“Fiery Cross Reef is the most extensive new landmass built by China in the Spratly Islands and is believed to be the future hub for its operations in the southern reaches of the South China Sea,” read the report.
“As such, creation of the island’s underlying structure has taken longer than more modest outposts in the area.”

In addition the runway, the Fiery Cross installation also appears to have a deep water port and could serve as a logistics hub for the People’s Liberation Army Navy warships.

The installations are the practical expression of China’s claim to sovereignty of the South China Sea which is disputed by neighboring countries as well as the United States.

“By giving China the means to enforce its expansive ‘dashed-line’ claim, the new islands also challenge international law, specifically the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),” according to Jane’s analysis.
“The Philippines’ case at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague argues that the dashed line has “no basis in international law.”

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