{"id":46559,"date":"2015-04-09T14:41:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T06:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=46559"},"modified":"2015-04-09T14:41:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T06:41:34","slug":"satellite-image-shows-china-reclaiming-land-off-palawan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/09\/satellite-image-shows-china-reclaiming-land-off-palawan\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite image shows China reclaiming land off Palawan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46560\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSIS-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46560\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSIS-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSIS-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSIS-photo.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Satellite images published recently show China building seawalls and several dredgers installed around a submerged reef within the Philippine\u2019s exclusive economic zone.<\/p>\n<p>An image published by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) showed a chain of small artificial formations and structures including fortified seawalls along Mischief Reef.<\/p>\n<p>The said work on the Mischief Reef off Palawan coasts is the most recent reclamation activities of China in the disputed territories.<\/p>\n<p>The activity along with six other reclamation in the Spratlys reef, has drawn criticism among other claimant countries.<\/p>\n<p>The CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative also noted the presence of several dredgers and the expansion of the entrance of the reef.<\/p>\n<p>Another image also showed a Chinese transport naval vessel capable of holding up to 800 troops and 20 amphibious armoured vehicles several hundred metres from the reef\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are especially concerned at the prospect of militarization of these outposts,&#8221; Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in an interview with Japan\u2019s Yomiuri newspaper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Satellite images published recently show China building seawalls and several dredgers installed around a submerged reef within the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}