No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
Subi Reef
No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
Mischief Reef
Perhaps the most significant portion of the Permanent Court of Arbitration's July 12 500-page unanimous ruling on the South China Sea is the decision on Mischief Reef. According to the ruling, the reef and everything on it legally belongs to the Philippines.
This is in spite of China's reclamation of approximately 5,580,000 square meters of land and the construction of a 9,800-foot runway, radar nests, and what some experts have speculated is a soon-to-be naval base.
"The court ruled China's initial occupation of Mischief Reef and its construction of facilities there illegal, so every day that China continues to make use of those facilities it is violating international law," Poling told Business Insider in a previous interview.
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No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
Fiery Cross Reef
Meanwhile on Fiery Cross Reef, China has reclaimed approximately 2,740,000 square meters of land, and it constructed a 9,800-foot runway, a dredged harbor that is large enough to receive tankers and major surface combat ships, and a possible radar tower.
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No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
No one knows what these hexagonal structures the Chinese keep building in the South China Sea are for
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