China on Wednesday denied allegations that it is conducting reclamation activities in unoccupied features of the resource-rich Spratlys Island, parts of which are claimed by the Philippines and calls it the Kalayaan Island Group. “Fake news,” the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said in response to an article published by Bloomberg News on Tuesday indicating that Beijing is building in several land features in the disputed areas of the South China Sea.

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