Beijing completed a runway for its
military aircraft on South China Sea Island that was also claimed by Vietnam,
this was reported by the Beijing state— run media as it asserts the territorial
claims in the region.
The new facility that is built stretches
across the Woody Island, part of Paracel chain. The Paracels are claimed by
Vietnam and also with Taiwan, tensions between Beijing and Hanoi rose this year
over Chinese construction and oil exploration on the area.
The runway is the latest physical
assertion Beijing in the area control, two years after it declared a city named
Sansha centred on Yongxing in Chinese — to administer vast swathes on South
China Sea.
“With the completion and continued
improvements to the runway on Yongxing, military aircraft can be based in the
Paracels, and greatly improve Chinese defence capabilities in the Xisha and
Nansha islands,” Xinhua said.
Pictures have been posted with report
showed part of the airstrip surrounded by a construction cranes.
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