Arbitration suit vs China militarized South China Sea
THE claim that the arbitration suit filed against China in 2012 was a victory for us and the international rule of law is as blatantly false as the US allegation in 2003 that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction so that Iraq had to be invaded and put under the American yoke.
'Island builder'China even specially designed and built for its reclamation project in the Spratlys the biggest dredger ships in the world, with its newest one, a deep-sea dredger named Tian Kun Hao, the 'island-builder' capable of gathering 6,000 cubic meters of sand per hour from the sea. Vietnam also rushed to reclaim land to expand its existing fortresses but on a much smaller scale. Because of its smaller resources, it transformed oil rigs into armed outposts.
Suit Vs China Militarized South China Sea
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