A Look At China's Artificial Island Building Project At Sea Level

CBS: China: "Nothing to hide" on islands, but no peeking!

As China continues to reclaim land in the South China Sea, the government is not allowing any reporters to see the islands, but CBS News correspondent Seth Doane got as close as any westerner might.

A reef belonging to China is close to an atoll claimed by Vietnam, and not far from a shoal belonging to the Philippines.

Pag-asa, claimed by China and inhabited by Filipinos is just 13-miles from Subi Reef, one of the islands the Chinese have been creating.

China denied CBS News access to the artificial islands, which could become military bases, so Doane and his crew hired a local Filipino fisherman to help them get as close as possible.

WNU Editor:That Filipino fisherman who took this CBS crew was clearly scared when he approached that "Chinese island". Personally .... I am surprised that he got that close.