Name: Why China is building islands in the South China Sea
Uploaded: 2017-04-05T06:25:46.000Z
Duration: 7 min 26 s
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It's a little more than one square mile in size and it's

advanced radar station, a missile defense

But the strangest thing about Fiery Cross Island

collecting around remote reefs in the Spratly

Islands. An archipelago in the South China Sea.

rapidly pumping sand and rock up onto the

And less than a year later, the Chinese had seaports

We continue our look this morning on what

everyday. With these islands times trying

of the world's shipping trade flows through

Now, most countries base their claim off the UN

off their shore. An area called the exclusive

Countries have exclusive rights to all the resources

So for example, any oil that's found within

But any area that isn't in an EEZ is regarded as

All except China. China argued they have a

15th century. And they mark it using a really

confusing border called the nine-dash line.

had dominated the entire region, lost all

percent of the South China Sea. It became

When the UN established the 200-mile EEZ in 1973

clarify its boundaries and ignoring claims

by other countries. Now that brings us to

the Spratly Islands. It's a remote barely

claimed by China, Vietnam, the Philippines,

But it's really hard to legitimately claim uninhabited piles of

there. But China believes all the Spratly

back to why they're building islands there.

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Why China is building islands in the South China Sea

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