Land reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
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Liu Junli, chairman of Sanya International Cruise, said the company is already operating Dream of the South China Sea, a brand new cruise ship.
It will also build four cruise liner docks in Sanya, a Chinese resort city on the southern island province of Hainan, the newspaper added.
All along, China has contended that the islands of the South China Sea have been part of Chinese territory since ancient times and also that China reserves the right to set up air Defense (ADIZ) or “no fly” zones in the region to protect national security.
Hotels, villas, duty-free shops, tropical-themed commercial parks and commercial streets will all be built to improve the services on the island.
The specifics of whether China can lay claim to the heavily-contested waters of the South China Sea may have been resolved by The Hague’s ruling in favor of the Philippines, but business and trade relations between the two countries could still cloud the issue. After more than three years of proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, an global body in The Hague, a tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) issued a widely anticipated decision in a case the Philippines brought in 2013 to challenge China’s maritime claims to most of the contested waterway.
WASHINGTON – China’s top naval officer told U.S. Adm. John Richardson this week that his country will never stop its construction of man-made islands in the South China Sea, according to news reports.
Last month, China Cosco Shipping Corp announced its plan to launch cruise lines from Sanya to the Yongle Island soon.
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Freedom of navigation patrols carried out by foreign navies in the South China Sea could end “in disaster”, a senior Chinese admiral said over the weekend.
