Great Wall of China was built.

China quietly continued to conduct activities in the territorial waters of the Spratlys in the South China Sea disputed by several countries. China recently known is building a giant wall built of sand on the island Spartly.

Speaking at a conference in the Australian Navy, Chief of the US Pacific Fleet Admiral Harry Harris Jr. said, China has been "pumping sand on the island known for its coral reefs and destroying their lives. They coat on it with concrete. China has built more than 4 square kilometers (1.5 square mile) artificial land on the islands.

Harris warned that the region is known for its beautiful natural, but China has created a large wall of sand using dredges and bulldozers for months.

Coral reefs that adorn the Spratly archipelago has been turned into an artificial island with buildings, docks and runways.

The main concern of US military and other countries is the goal of development on the island because it could potentially be used for military and other facilities in order to strengthen the country's territorial claims.

"But what really attracted a lot of attention here is the Chinese land reclamation by unprecedented," said Harris.

While China claims most of the South China Sea region. Similar claims came from the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei, and Malaysia. Earlier this month, Vietnam and the Philippines filed a diplomatic protest with Beijing.

China Build 5 Artificial Island in the South China Sea.
China is building five artificial islands in the South China Sea contested by China and some countries. This means China secures the disputed region.

The largest artificial islands being built in the area called the Fiery Cross Reef, close to the disputed Spratly islands China, Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia. This island, according to US officials, is expected to accommodate Chinese fighter aircraft. Even China is expected to build a small harbor on the island.
Other artificial islands, as quoted by Business Insider, January 30, 2015, is being built in Johnson South Reef, Johnson North Reef, Reef Cuarteron, and Gaven Reef. These locations are all around the island Spartly.

"China will expand and improve civilian and military infrastructure, including radar, satellite communications equipment, bulletproof aircraft, naval guns, helicopter, dock, and the workers who built the man-made island," the staff report said Economic and Security Review Commission, United States -China in December 2014.

Incessant China building military strength around the South China Sea cultivate the cold war between countries fight the region. Vietnam and the Philippines have recently made a deal to boost military cooperation in the South China Sea.

"We recently held joint exercises with the US military, and takes place every year. And, we are waiting to do naval military exercises with Vietnam," said a Philippine Navy officer told Reuters.

Vietnam will become a strategic partner of the Philippines after the United States and Japan in the area of ​​contested a number of countries.
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