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China's Island Factory

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday September 10 2014, @05:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the plowing-the-sea dept.

lhsi writes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8701/index.html

The BBC has an interesting report on the South China Sea, where China are trying to build islands to improve or create a claim to large areas of the sea.

New islands are being made in the disputed South China Sea by the might of the Chinese state. But a group of marooned Filipinos on a rusting wreck is trying to stand in the way.

 
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