New Chinese artificial island / military base in the works in the South China Sea, near Vietnam

Reports of large Chinese land reclamation on Triton Island, in the Paracel Islands. China took these islands from Vietnam in 1974.

Reports of a helicopter landing zone and maybe a future airfield is planned there following the example of what China did in nearby Woody Island.

This would be quite a provocation against Vietnam and clearly an attempt to further consolidate Chinese 9 dash line claims in Vietnamese waters.

The Paracel Islands are claimed by Vietnam and the waters near the islands see frequent Chinese coast guard actions against Vietnamese fishing boats that refuse to abandon their traditional fishing grounds.

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