There's something brewing in the South China sea. China have laid claim to most of the sea in that area, although there are some competing claims from the Phillipines, Vietnam and other military minnows. They have even gone as far as creating artificial islands with runways to lend support to their claim. The US (predictably) don't see it in quite the same way, so they have sailed a destroyer past one of these island thingys to make a point. China has wailed and whinged as you would expect, but I can see this rumbling on for some years.
It's quite an interesting option, building islands where you would like to have a 'presence'. We might see this in other contested areas, although with a bit of luck global warming will raise the sea level and render it a waste of time.
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