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    PH outgunned in China's island-building frenzy

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    May 14, 2015
    Author
    Balana, Cynthia D.
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    PD20150514_A4
    Excerpt
    The Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr., looks worried as he surveys the rusted cranes and eroded runway on the tiny island of Pag-asa, now on the front line of a rapidly intensifying construction war in the South China Sea. Fewer than 48 kilometers away, China’s giant construction cranes glint on the horizon, a sign of the Asian giant’s reef-building frenzy in the disputed Spratly chain that has seen new islands appear seemingly overnight. As China and fellow rival claimant Vietnam race to pave over reefs and build structures in the strategically important sea, the Philippines stands out as a laggard.
    Citation
    Balana, C. D. (2015, May 14). PH outgunned in China's island-building frenzy. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A4.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/6411
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    Corporate Names
    Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Philippine Navy Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Philippine Army Philippine Air Force (PAF) Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
    Personal Names
    Catapang, Gregorio Pio Jr. Lopez, Alexander
    Geographic Names
    Philippines China Pag-asa Island South China Sea Spratly Islands Vietnam Thitu Island Zamora Reef Subi Reef Ayungin Shoal Second Thomas Shoal
    Subject
    military operations territorial waters disputes artificial islands fishers Exclusive economic zone
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