China has begun a construction project in the disputed Spratly Islands, drawing a formal protest from the Philippines, which said the move violates a longstanding pledge not to build on any of the South China Sea’s contested islands.
The project is the latest example of Beijing’s increasingly assertive behavior in the South China Sea, a week after it boldly deployed a large oil rig, guarded by a flotilla of ships, to disputed waters east of Vietnam.
That action sparked anti-Chinese protests and violence against factories in Vietnam, and prompted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to criticize Beijing’s “aggressive” and “provocative” moves.
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Trefor Moss, Wall Street Journal via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1mrbV5n
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