(Reuters) A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday, raising the prospect that China could base fighter jets there. The United States has criticized China’s construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea and worries that it plans to use them for military purposes, even though China says it has […]
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Japan and Vietnam discuss South China Sea crisis on sidelines of Mekong Summit
(Reuters) Japan and Vietnam discussed on Saturday (July 4) China’s recent maritime expansion in areas of the South China Sea over which several other countries have rival claims. China has stoked regional tensions by building artificial islands in areas of the South China Sea that other countries have claimed as their own. The talks between the two countries were held on the sidelines of a Japan-Mekong Summit in Tokyo. “We shared our severe concerns […]





