The work on Triton island in the Paracel group mirrors construction on seven human-made islands in the Spratly group to the east which have been equipped...
BEIJING — China appears to be constructing an airstrip on a disputed South China Sea island that is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan, according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press.
China claims virtually the entire South China Sea as its own, denying the claims of others and defying an international ruling invalidating its assertion. The runway, as currently laid out, would be more than 600 meters in length, long enough to accommodate turboprop aircraft and drones, but not fighter jets or bombers.
Triton is one of the major islands in the Paracels, which is roughly equidistant from the coast of Vietnam and China’s island province of Hainan.
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