{"id":32790,"date":"2014-11-25T15:58:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T07:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=32790"},"modified":"2025-01-13T12:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:33:49","slug":"china-defends-reclamation-in-disputed-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/25\/china-defends-reclamation-in-disputed-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"China defends reclamation in disputed islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14115\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14115\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wikipedia Photo\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 China recently defied U.S. calls to cease the land reclamation project and defended it adding that the work is for public service use.<\/p>\n<p>A London-based security group, however said that China\u2019s move will make it possible for China to host a military airfield \u2013 an act that may scare its neighbors.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clerkenwellislingtonclinics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/super-cialis.html\">https:\/\/www.clerkenwellislingtonclinics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/super-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Defending the construction, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that the country\u2019s intention was to allow Chinese citizens to work and &#8220;better perform international obligations in terms of search, rescue and other public services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Satellite images taken last August and this month indicated that Chinese dredgers already created a land mass occupying almost the entire length of Fiery Cross Reef, according to HIS Jane in a recent report.<\/p>\n<p>The security group also added that the construction, previously under water, was the largest project in the disputed islands.<\/p>\n<p>It also added that the 3,000-meter (9,840 feet) long island if finished, may be China\u2019s first military airstrip in the Spratlys island.<\/p>\n<p>It might be aimed at helping the country impose its claims of sovereignty in the territory, according to the group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This facility appears purpose-built to coerce other claimants into relinquishing their claims and possessions, or at least provide China with a much stronger negotiating position if talks over the dispute were ever held,&#8221; 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