BEIJING: China appears to be constructing an airstrip on a disputed South China Sea island that is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan, according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press.
The work on Triton island in the Paracel group mirrors construction on seven human-made islands in the Spratly group to the east which have been equipped with airstrips, docks and military systems, although it currently appears to be somewhat more modest in scale. China claims virtually the entire South China Sea as its own, denying the claims of others and defying an international ruling invalidating its assertion.
Triton is one of the major islands in the Paracel group, which is roughly equidistant from the coast of Vietnam and China's island province of Hainan. The US takes no stance on the sovereignty claims, but regularly sends Navy ships on 'freedom of navigation operations' near the Chinese-held islands. Triton was the focus of one of those missions in 2018. China has had a small harbor and buildings on the island for years, along with a helipad and radar arrays.
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