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It is rare for China to give such detail about its plans for the artificial islands. The rapid reclamation taking place on seven reefs has alarmed other claimants and drawn U.S. criticism, including from Defence Secretary Ash Carter, who is visiting Japan and South Korea this week.
"The relevant construction is a matter that is entirely within the scope of China's sovereignty. It is fair, reasonable, lawful, it does not affect and is not targeted against any country. It is beyond reproach," Hua added.
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims.
All but Brunei have fortified bases in the Spratlys, which lie roughly 1,300 km (800 miles) from the Chinese mainland but much closer to the Southeast Asian claimants.
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While China's new islands will not overturn U.S. military superiority in the region, workers are building ports and fuel storage depots and possibly two airstrips that experts have said would allow Beijing to project power deep into the maritime heart of Southeast Asia.
Asked about Hua's comments, U.S. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke called the land reclamation "destabilizing" and said it was "fueling greater anxiety within the region about China's intentions amid concerns that they might militarize outposts on disputed land features in the South China Sea."
"We very much hope that China would recalibrate in the interests of stability and good relations in the region," he told reporters in Washington.
Western and Asian naval officials privately say that China could feel emboldened to try to limit air and sea navigation once the reclaimed islands are fully established.
The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea does not legally allow for reclaimed land to be used to demarcate 12-nautical-mile territorial zones, but some officials fear China will not feel limited by that document and will seek to keep foreign navies from passing close by.
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A March 16 satellite image from the CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative shows one of China's artificial islands in the South China Sea. CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/DigitalGlobe hide caption
A March 16 satellite image from the CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative shows one of China's artificial islands in the South China Sea.
It's called Mischief Reef, appropriately enough, and China is hard at work there, building islands, dredging sand and piling it on top of partly-submerged coral reefs.
The idea is for China to stake an even bigger claim to hotly-contested territory in the South China Sea, which is an area also claimed by the Philippines and Vietnam.
President Obama expressed concern Thursday about China "using its sheer size and muscle to force countries into subordinate positions."
The scale of China's construction in the Spratly Islands is clear in new satellite images released this week. NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Mira Rapp-Hooper, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies the think tank that released the photos about the international response to the island construction.
"It's worth noting that several other claimants in the Spratly Islands have undertaken land reclamation and construction activities in the area before," Rapp-Hooper says. "But the thing that is so startling about China's work is the fact that, this time last year, none of it was occurring."
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It's called Mischief Reef of all things, and China is hard at work there building islands, dredging sand and piling it on top of partly submerged coral reefs. The idea is to stake an even bigger claim to hotly contested territory in the South China Sea. It's an area also claimed by the Philippines and Vietnam.
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Analysts say the pictures show how China is attempting to create facts in the water to bolster its sovereignty claims
7 AREAS: Armed Forces chief General Gregorio Catapang Jr presents photos of China's reclamation projects in West Philippine Sea
The Philippines one of the most vocal of China's neighbours in defending its competing territorial claim reacted strongly, calling for the Asian giant to "dismantle" the reclaimed land. (READ: PH fears 'miscalculation' in West PH Sea)
"They have to dismantle it," said Peter Paul Galvez, spokesman for Manila's defense department. "It is a concern not only of our country and region but of the whole international community."
A series of satellite images posted on the website of the Center for Strategic and International Studies show a flotilla of Chinese vessels dredging sand onto Mischief Reef and the resulting land spreading in size.
Before-and-after images of other outcrops in the Spratly Islands record runways appearing from jungle, smooth-sided solid masses where coral once lay, and man-made harbors replacing natural reefs.
Analysts say the pictures show how China is attempting to create facts in the water to bolster its sovereignty claims.
Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost the whole of the South China Sea, including areas close to the coasts of other littoral states, using a nine-segment line based on one that first appeared on Chinese maps in the 1940s.
The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan all have overlapping claims.
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China hasunveiled details of its plan for building and maintenance projects on some of its islands in the South China Sea, saying it aims mainly to provide a civilian service that will benefit other countries.
READ:China defends land reclamation on disputed islands
The details were announced by its foreign ministry, which also accused Washington of adopting double standards on the issue by ignoring building work by other countries on islands owned by China.
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular news briefing, We are setting up shelters, aids for navigation, search and rescue as well as marine meteorological forecasting services, fishery services and other administrative services.
These will provide necessary services to China, neighboring countries and individual vessels sailing in the South China Sea.
Hua said the construction work also aims to meet necessary demands for Chinas military defense, but the efforts are aimed more at providing civilian services in an area that suffers frequently from typhoons and where many vessels sail far from land.
The construction work is a matter that is entirely within the scope of Chinas sovereignty. It is fair, reasonable and lawful. It does not affect, and is not targeted against, any country. It is beyond reproach, Hua said.
Reuters said in a report on Thursday, It is rare for China to give such detail about its plans on such construction work.
Luo Yongkun, a researcher specializing in Philippine studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said Beijing has made a friendly gesture by disclosing details of construction work on its territory to assure its neighbors and remove any misunderstandings.
United States defense secretary Ashton Carter, who is visiting Asia this week, has said he is especially concerned about construction work by China on the islands.
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China on Thursday sketched out plans for the islands it is creating in the disputed South China Sea, saying they would be used for military defense as well as to provide civilian services that would benefit other countries.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters that the reclamation and building work in the Spratly archipelago was needed partly because of the risk of typhoons in an area with a lot of shipping that is far from land.
"We are building shelters, aids for navigation, search and rescue, as well as marine meteorological forecasting services, fishery services and other administrative services'' for China and neighboring countries, Hua said.
The islands and reefs would also meet the demands for China's defense, Hua said without elaborating.
It is rare for China to give such detail about its plans for the artificial islands. The rapid reclamation taking place on seven reefs has alarmed other claimants and drawn U.S. criticism, including from Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who is visiting Japan and South Korea this week.
"The relevant construction is a matter that is entirely within the scope of China's sovereignty. It is fair, reasonable, lawful, it does not affect and is not targeted against any country. It is beyond reproach,'' Hua added.
Overlapping claims
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in shipborne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims.
All but Brunei have fortified bases in the Spratlys, which lie roughly 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the Chinese mainland and are much closer to the Southeast Asian claimants.
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BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday blasted Japan over its claims that a new collection of documents prove its sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands.
"Although Japan tried its utmost in searching for supportive documents, which were taken out of context, it can never change the fact that China has sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a regular press briefing.
The Japanese government claimed on Tuesday that it had collected 500 documents showing Japan's rule over the islands before World War II (WWII).
Hua said numerous Chinese and foreign historical facts and materials can confirm that the Diaoyu Islands and their adjacent islets are China's inherent territories.
China discovered the Diaoyu Islands and has long-term effective administration over the area, according to Hua.
"We can find the Diaoyu Islands clearly marked in many maps dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties," Hua added.
Prior to the first Sino-Japanese War, maps by Western countries also described the Diaoyu Islands as belonging to China, she said.
Japan colonized Taiwan and its affiliated islands, including the Diaoyu Islands, after the Sino-Japanese war in 1894, and the Diaoyu Islands were given back to China following international legal instruments after WWII, Hua went on.
The 1969 map posted on the Japanese Foreign Ministry website recently only proves that the Diaoyu Islands are part of China, she said, adding, "We hope to remind Japan of the need for caution in releasing such documents, in order not to make any blunder."
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