New York Times: China to Halt Its Building of Islands, but Not Its Projects on Them
BEIJING — China announced on Tuesday that it would soon halt island-building projects around some reefs and shoals in disputed waters of the South China Sea but that it would continue constructing military and civilian facilities on those outcroppings.
The announcement may have been intended to ease tensions with the United States, which has strongly criticized the building of the islands and has sent surveillance flights close to the sites, to the chagrin of the Chinese military. The construction of facilities, though, would further establish the sites as islands that China could claim as its territory.
More News On China Finishing Its South China Sea Land Reclamation Projects But Will Continue To Build Military Facilities On These Islands
China to Build Military Facilities on South China Sea Islets -- WSJ
China to Develop Military Facilities on Hotly Disputed Spratly Islands -- Sputnik
China says about to finish some land reclamation in South China Sea -- Reuters
China to 'complete' South China Sea land reclamation -- BBC
China says South China Sea island developments nearing completion, more expected -- FOX News/AP
China: Some South China Sea Land Reclamation Will Be Complete in ‘Upcoming Days’ -- USNI News
China’s Spratly Islands reclamation to end ‘in upcoming days’ -- The Australian
Spratly Spat: China Says Set to Finish 'Some' Land Reclamation in South China Sea -- NBC
China to Finish S. China Sea Island Building 'Soon' -- VOA
Beijing says it has nearly completed its controversial land reclamation project in the South China Sea -- Daily Mail
Fortifying the Great Wall of Sand -- David Barno and Nora Bensahel, War On The Rocks
Why China Is Stopping Its South China Sea Island-Building (For Now) -- Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat
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