中国 starts 大きくするing another 論争d island in the South 中国 Sea: 衛星 images show 共産主義者s are 拡大するing one of the Spratly Islands as Xi Jinping lays （人命などを）奪う，主張する to 群島

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中国 is artificially 大きくするing 論争d islands in the South 中国 Sea as Xi Jinping looks to solidify the country's presence in the 地域, it has been 明らかにする／漏らすd.?

The Philippines said this week it was '本気で 関心d' by 衛星 images which show 中国 is 埋め立てるing unoccupied parts of the Spratly Islands.

The move would break a 宣言 in which claimants to the islands 誓約（する）d to 避ける?活動／戦闘s that could 増大する 論争s, 含むing 占領するing uninhabited land.

特記する／引用するing 衛星 images from US 公式の／役人s, Bloomberg 報告（する）／憶測d that new land 形式s 現れるd around the contested Islands in the sea, where a Chinese 大型船 with a hydraulic excavator has been seen operating in 最近の years.

This 衛星 image shows a new land 形式 on a 暗礁 in the contested Spratly Islands in the South 中国 Sea?

The Spratly Islands are contested by 中国, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan

The Philippine foreign 省 said this week: 'We are 本気で 関心d, as such activities contravene the 宣言 of 行為／行う on the South 中国 Sea's 請け負うing on self-抑制 and the 2016 Arbitral Award.'?

The 省 追加するd that other 機関s have been asked to 調査／捜査する the 報告（する）／憶測.

Beijing （人命などを）奪う，主張するs almost all of the 資源-rich waters, through which 一兆s of dollars of 貿易（する） passes every year.?

The 競争相手 claimants to the islands are the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

中国 has ignored a 2012 判決，裁定 from a UN-支援するd 法廷 that its （人命などを）奪う，主張する is baseless.

The Chinese 政府 has built 人工的な islands on 暗礁s in the 論争d waters over the past few years, and 建設するd 軍の 施設s and airstrips.

The Philippines has 繰り返して （刑事）被告 the Chinese coast guard and 海上の 民兵 of 悩ますing and attacking fishing boats and other 大型船s around the islands.

In the Spratlys, 中国 占領するs at least seven islands an d 激しく揺するs, militarising them with 滑走路s, ports, and レーダ systems.

The Bloomberg 報告（する）／憶測 said the fresh reclamations were taking place on Eldad 暗礁, Whitsun 暗礁, Sandy Cay, and Lankiam Cay.

The latter is eight miles northeast of Philippine-占領するd Loaita Island and 33 miles from Chinese-held Subi 暗礁.

Around 280 miles to the east of Lankiam Cay is the Philippine island of Palawan, the nearest major landmass.

Chinese 首相 Xi Jinping has been 拡大するing his country's presence in the South 中国 Sea

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Philippine 大統領，／社長 Ferdinand Marcos has 主張するd he will not let 中国 trample on his country's 海上の 権利s in the 地域?

In Beijing, Chinese foreign 省 spokeswoman Mao Ning called the 報告（する）／憶測 '完全に groundless'.

She 追加するd: 'Not taking 活動／戦闘 on uninhabited islands and 暗礁s of the South 中国 Sea is a solemn 合意 reached by 中国 and 東南アジア諸国連合 countries through 活動／戦闘s and 宣言s by each party,' she said, referring to the 10-member 圏.

'The 開発 of 中国-Philippines relations 現在／一般に has good 勢い, and the two 味方するs will continue to 適切な 扱う 海上の 問題／発行するs through friendly 協議.'

Manila とじ込み／提出するd a 外交の 抗議する last week against Beijing after a Chinese coast guard 大型船 'forcefully' 掴むd 破片 from a Chinese ロケット／急騰する that was retrieved by a Philippine 海軍 大型船.

否定するing the use of 軍隊, the Chinese 大使館 in Manila said the handover （機の）カム after a 'friendly 協議'.

The Philippine defence 省 also last week 表明するd '広大な／多数の／重要な 関心' over the 報告（する）／憶測d 群れているing of Chinese 大型船s in Iroquois 暗礁 and Sabina Shoal, which Manila （人命などを）奪う，主張するs as its 領土.

事実上の／代理 defence 長官 Jose Faustino said.'[大統領 Ferdinand Marcos'] 指示的な to the department is （疑いを）晴らす - we will not give up a 選び出す／独身 square インチ of Philippine 領土.'?

Marcos has 主張するd he w ill not let 中国 trample on the Philippines' 海上の 権利s - in contrast to his 前任者 Rodrigo Duterte who was 気が進まない to criticise the 超大国.

The US 明言する／公表する Department 広報担当者 this week 表明するd support to the Philippines on both 出来事/事件s and called on 中国 to '尊敬（する）・点 international 法律'.

The Chinese 大使館 攻撃する，衝突する 支援する on Tuesday, 告発する／非難するing Washington of using the 論争 to '動かす up troubles'.

It 定評のある 'differences' with Manila but did not 演説（する）／住所 the 申し立てられた／疑わしい 群れているing 出来事/事件s 直接／まっすぐに.

大砲s, attack boats and hangars that could house NUCLEAR ミサイルs: New images 明らかにする／漏らす 十分な extent of Beijing's 軍の build-up on 論争d South 中国 Sea 暗礁s?

驚くべき／特命の／臨時の photos of Beijing's 軍の bases in the South 中国 Sea have given the most-詳細（に述べる）d 見解（をとる） yet of what Xi Jinping has been building ― and show them bristling with defences.

The Chinese 共産主義者 Party has spent the better part of a １０年間 turning a remote 一連の atolls and 暗礁s in the 地域 into 高度に developed 軍の bases that are now equipped with 海軍の guns, anti-航空機 systems, レーダ arrays, attack ships and hangars 有能な of 住宅 dozens of 闘士，戦闘機s.

At least two 抱擁する 乗り物 bays have also been built which are large enough to 隠す 動きやすい 発射台s designed to 解雇する／砲火／射撃 対艦, anti-空気／公表する, and 弾道学の ミサイルs which could be tipped with 核の 弾頭s.

The bases are part of a 領土-得る，とらえる by Xi over the entirety of the South 中国 Sea within 国境s that Beijing 言及するs to as the 'Nine Dash Line'. By controlling the sea, Xi 目的（とする）s to 事業／計画（する） 力／強力にする over 隣人ing countries 同様に as fertile fishing grounds , and shipping 小道／航路s through which $5trillion-価値（がある） of goods pass each year.

However, Beijing's （人命などを）奪う，主張するs have no basis in international 法律 and were overruled by an international 仲裁 法廷，裁判所. Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei all have competing （人命などを）奪う，主張するs to the same piece of ocean.

New images give the most-詳細（に述べる）d picture yet of 軍の bases that 中国 has spent the best part of a １０年間 building on remote 暗礁s and atolls in the South 中国 Sea, as it tries to lay （人命などを）奪う，主張する over the entire 地域

Fiery Cross 暗礁

Fiery Cross 暗礁 is controlled by 中国 as part of Sansha of Hainan 州, にもかかわらず Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines all （人命などを）奪う，主張するing the island as their own.

Large, multi-story hangers 有能な of 住宅 弾道学の ミサイルs tipped with 核の 構成要素 can be seen across the island next to レーダ systems.

A US 海軍 偵察 使節団 in March 明らかにする／漏らすd the militarisation of the 暗礁s, but high-質 photos of the islands have not em erged until recently.

The 使節団 設立する the 人工的な islands 武装した with 対艦 and anti-航空機 ミサイル systems, レーザー and jamming 器具／備品 and 闘士，戦闘機 jets.

The US sent a P-8A Poseidon 計画（する） on the?偵察 使節団, which spotted the structures, にもかかわらず 大統領 Xi's 約束 not to 変える the islands into 軍の bases.

US Indo-太平洋の 指揮官 海軍大将 John C. Aquilino called the sight 'the largest 軍の build up since World War II' by the People's 共和国 of 中国.

Beijing says its 軍の profile is 純粋に 防御の, arranged to 保護する what it says are its 君主 権利s.

The Fiery Cross was the 指名する of a famous British tea clipper, a 迅速な?merchant sailing 大型船, which took part in the 広大な／多数の／重要な Tea Race of 1866 ― where 大型船s competed to be the first to 輸送（する） tea from 中国 to Britain.

Large, multi-story hangers 有能な of 住宅 弾道学の ミサイルs tipped with 核の 構成要素 can be seen across the island next to r adar systems. A KJ-500 空輸の 早期に 警告 and 支配（する）／統制する (AEW&C) 航空機 is 明白な on the taxiway

A 医療の 上陸 pad, painted with a red cross, can be seen on the 権利. Smaller hangars can be seen next to the 終点 building.?The bases are part of a 領土-得る，とらえる by Xi over the entirety of the South 中国 Sea within 国境s that Beijing 言及するs to as the 'Nine Dash Line'

An 離着陸場, buildings, and structures are seen on the 人工的な island built by 中国 in Fiery Cross 暗礁.?中国 has progressively 主張するd its （人命などを）奪う，主張する of 所有権 over 論争d islands in the South 中国 Sea by artificially 増加するing their size

Another 十分な-size 滑走路 and 離着陸場 are seen. The hangers could be 負担d up with dozens of 戦闘 航空機, it is thought.?The Chinese 共産主義者 Party has spent the better part of a １０年間 turning the 暗礁s into 軍の bases

A wider-angle 見解（をとる） of the same island shows a collection of building at the 近づく end and another array of radome-topped towers at the far end

Subi 暗礁

On the smaller 味方する of the?Spratly Islands, Subi 暗礁 is also 治めるd by 中国 Hainan 州. But under the 国際連合 条約 on the 法律 of the Sea, only the Philippines has the 権利 to build structures there.

From the の近くに-up photos, Subi 暗礁 also appears to feature hangers 有能な of 住宅 核の 武器s.

中国 sought to shore up its 広大な 領土の （人命などを）奪う，主張するs over 事実上 the entire South 中国 Sea by building island bases on 珊瑚 atolls nearly a １０年間 ago.

The US 答える／応じるd by sending its 軍艦s through the 地域 in what it calls freedom of 操作／手術 使節団s.

The US has no （人命などを）奪う，主張するs itself but has （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd 海軍 ships and 航空機 for １０年間s to patrol and 促進する 解放する／自由な 航海 in international 水路 and 領空.

中国 routinely 反対するs to any 活動／戦闘 by the US 軍の in the 地域. The other countries in the area （人命などを）奪う，主張する all or part of the sea, through which だいたい $5 一兆 in goods are shipped every year.

A collection of building の近くに to an array of radome-topped towers at the far end. There is little 調印する of activity on the ground at any of the 取り付け・設備s

の近くに-in 防御の 武器s are 任命する／導入するd on 概略で 30-foot-wide 壇・綱領・公約s 始める，決める 頂上に clusters of hexagonal 固める／コンクリート towers

Buildings, recreational 施設s, and other structures are seen on the 人工的な island built by 中国 in Subi 暗礁. 未開発の ground and 工場／植物d areas are の中で the large cluster of buildings

Subi 暗礁 features hangers which are 有能な of 住宅 核の 武器s, seen と一緒に a lighthouse at the end of the island. It also features レーダ ドームs 類似の to others nearby?

The 暗礁s are 位置を示すd between countries that contest 中国’s （人命などを）奪う，主張する to the 地域 and 火刑／賭ける their own 主張s on 防御の and 経済的な 接近?

The の近くに up pictures are some of the most 詳細（に述べる）d photos yet 利用できる of what 中国 is up to in the 地域

Mischief 暗礁

On Mischief 暗礁, one of the larger islands, two Type 022 Houbei class catamaran 急速な／放蕩な attack ミサイル （手先の）技術 can be seen ドッキングする／減らす／ドックに入れるd on the left 味方する of the island, readily recognizable by their 偽装する 計画／陰謀.

報告（する）／憶測s 現れるd that the People's 解放 Army 海軍 had （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd Type 022s to the islands last year. The boats can carry up to eight YJ-83 subsonic 対艦 ミサイルs and a 30mm H/PJ-13 Gatling guns.

Last April, the ミサイル （手先の）技術 明らかに chased away the boat operated on に代わって of the ABS-CBN news 乗組員, in an 積極的な 遭遇（する） when they approached the island.

The 暗礁 誘発するd a 2016 判決，裁定 from the 永久の 法廷，裁判所 of 仲裁 in The Hague, which 設立する that 中国's （人命などを）奪う，主張する over the island was without basis.

A pair of Type 022 Houbei class catamaran 急速な／放蕩な attack ミサイル （手先の）技術 can be seen ドッキングする／減らす／ドックに入れるd on the left 味方する of the island, readily recognizable by their 偽装する 計画／陰謀. 報告（する）／憶測s 現れるd that the People's 解放 Army 海軍 had （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd Type 022s to the islands last year. The boats can carry up to eight YJ-83 subsonic 対艦 ミサイルs and a 30mm H/PJ-13 Gatling guns

Four 援助（する）s to 航海 示す the visibly deeper channel between the island and another section of the 暗礁

A wider-angle 見解（をとる） of the same island shows a collection of building at the 近づく end and another array of radome-topped towers at the far end

Buildings and structures are seen on the 人工的な island built by 中国 in Mischief 暗礁 on October 25, in the Spratly Islands

Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam all have 領土の （人命などを）奪う，主張するs to the areas in which 中国 has built islands and put its 旗

Cuarteron 暗礁

Cuarteron 暗礁 photos show 海軍の gun emplacements on a 一連の towers, と一緒に a レーダ gunnery director.?

中国 has long used the 'nine-dash line', a 海上の 境界 drawn up by it in 1947, to 正当化する its 裁判権 over most of the 資源-rich sea - often to the displeasure of Hanoi, which also （人命などを）奪う，主張するs parts of the 水路.?

The nine-dash line is a 海上の 境界 in the South 中国 Sea drawn up by 中国, which （人命などを）奪う，主張するs to own the 領土 inside the line.

The U-形態／調整d line was 最初 （人命などを）奪う，主張するd by the 政府 of the 共和国 of 中国 in 1947.

In 1992, the 共産主義者 Party of 中国 可決する・採択するd the 境界 while updating its 法律 on the 領土の sea and the contiguous zone, によれば 戦略の 地域s in 21st Century 力／強力にする Politics, a Cmabridge Scholas 調書をとる／予約する edited by?ツバメ Riegl, Jakub Landovsk?, and Irina Valko.

Chinese パスポートs 問題／発行するd from 2012 onwards feature the Chinese 地図／計画する printed with the nine-dash line on three pages.

In 2016, the 永久の 法廷，裁判所 of 仲裁 in the Hague 支配するd that there was no 合法的な basis for much of 中国's （人命などを）奪う，主張するs to the area. The Chinese 政府 has 堅固に 反対するd to the 判決，裁定.

Cuarteron 暗礁 photos show 海軍の gun emplacements on a 一連の towers, と一緒に a レーダ gunnery director. A large radome sits 頂上に the battlements, likely positioned there for a better line of sight over the horizon

運動 said the island could house?host Type 730/1130 の近くに-in 武器 system (CIWS) and a H/PJ76 76mm multi-目的 deck gun, 供給するing 保護 against low-飛行機で行くing 空気／公表する 脅しs, like 巡航する ミサイルs, 航空機, and drones

Gaven 暗礁

Gaven 暗礁 was first pictured when the Philippine 解放（する）d photographs of Chinese construction work in the 論争d waters in 2015.

Last year, photos 現れるd of more than 200 boats 攻撃するd together in 列／漕ぐ／騒動s, in an 行為／法令／行動する of 侵略 from 中国 designed to 'squeeze out' other countries in Asia.

The Philippine 政府's 国家の 仕事 軍隊-West Philippines Sea said they counted 254 ships 同様に as four Chinese 軍艦s in the Spratly Islands on March 29, 2021.

They （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the ships were not fishing 大型船s as 中国 said ― but instead part of 中国's 海上の 民兵, an group of いつかs 武装した 非軍事のs in the sea. 中国 辞退するd to move the boats from the area.

One of the smaller man-made islands is on Gaven 暗礁, which has 76mm deck guns 延長するing from its 壇・綱領・公約

A harbor area and a handful of large ドームs are 明白な on Gaven? 暗礁, one of the islands 中国 has artificially built uo

Hughes 暗礁?

Hughes 暗礁 appears to have a ヘリコプター pad and a multi-story building at the other end, 完全にする with what looks like a large swimming pool.

Photos of Chinese 'Island 要塞s' 現れるd last year, which 専門家s said would 許す the Chinese 政府 to 延長する the 範囲 of its 海軍, 空気／公表する 軍隊, coastguard and fishing (n)艦隊／(a)素早いs in the 地域.

The 暗礁s are 位置を示すd between countries that contest 中国’s （人命などを）奪う，主張する to the 地域 and 火刑／賭ける their own 主張s on 防御の and 経済的な 接近.

Hughes 暗礁 appears to have a ヘリコプター pad and a multi-story building at the other end, 完全にする with what looks like a large swimming pool