China Building Islands, China is about to finish some of its land reclamation chip away at the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea, the outside ministry said on Tuesday, revealing insight into a controversial task that has inflamed regional pressure.
The announcement is liable to rattle the Philippines and the United States, both of which have clashed with China over Beijing's broad land reclamation in the Spratly archipelago.
China has been taking an increasingly assertive stance over late years in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.
The Pentagon accepts the work aims to concrete China's claim to the majority of the South China Sea and stresses it may declare a rejection zone in the sea that could breaking point free development of boats and aircraft.
"China will finish its reclamation extend soon as part of its South China Sea development in parts of the Nansha islands," the outside ministry said in a statement, utilizing the Chinese name for the Spratlys, however did not give a timeframe.
The ministry reiterated China's stance that its development in the area is meant to help activities, for example, maritime search and salvage, disaster alleviation, environmental security and navigational security, as well as military purposes.
After the land reclamation is finished, China will assemble facilities that can "satisfy the relevant capacities", it added.
China claims the vast majority of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in boat borne trade passes consistently, and the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims.
The development is inside of the extent of China's sway, the outside ministry added.
"It is fair, reasonable, lawful. It doesn't affect, and is not targeted against, any nation, and won't affect nations' flexibility of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea," it said. "It is blameless."
The announcement is liable to rattle the Philippines and the United States, both of which have clashed with China over Beijing's broad land reclamation in the Spratly archipelago.
China has been taking an increasingly assertive stance over late years in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.
The Pentagon accepts the work aims to concrete China's claim to the majority of the South China Sea and stresses it may declare a rejection zone in the sea that could breaking point free development of boats and aircraft.
"China will finish its reclamation extend soon as part of its South China Sea development in parts of the Nansha islands," the outside ministry said in a statement, utilizing the Chinese name for the Spratlys, however did not give a timeframe.
The ministry reiterated China's stance that its development in the area is meant to help activities, for example, maritime search and salvage, disaster alleviation, environmental security and navigational security, as well as military purposes.
After the land reclamation is finished, China will assemble facilities that can "satisfy the relevant capacities", it added.
China claims the vast majority of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in boat borne trade passes consistently, and the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims.
The development is inside of the extent of China's sway, the outside ministry added.
"It is fair, reasonable, lawful. It doesn't affect, and is not targeted against, any nation, and won't affect nations' flexibility of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea," it said. "It is blameless."
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