A. Panda, Diplomat
The Philippines-based Inquirer has gotten its hands on high resolution aerial photographs of China's seven artificial islands in the Spratly group in the South China Sea. The images are among the best we've seen of the remarkable facilities and equipment China has emplaced on these islands, which didn't exist just five years ago.The photographs underline the extent of China's militarization of the islands particularly since 2016. That year marked two important milestones in the South China Sea. First, the Hague-based tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration convened after the... Read More
The Philippines-based Inquirer has gotten its hands on high resolution aerial photographs of China's seven artificial islands in the Spratly group in the South China Sea. The images are among the best we've seen of the remarkable facilities and equipment China has emplaced on these islands, which didn't exist just five years ago.The photographs underline the extent of China's militarization of the islands particularly since 2016. That year marked two important milestones in the South China Sea. First, the Hague-based tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration convened after the... Read More