Third South China Sea airstrip being built, says expert, citing satellite photos

CSIS thinktank says retaining wall and other preparations made for landing strip as Beijing continues to upset US and the region with island-building

The Guardian, --September 15, 2015

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China appeared to be building a third airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea, a US expert said on Monday, citing satellite photographs.
The photographs taken for Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) thinktank on 8 September are said to show construction on Mischief Reef, one of several artificial islands China has created in the Spratly archipelago. The images showed a rectangular area with a retaining wall three kilometres (1.8 miles) long, matching similar work by China on two other reefs, Subi and Fiery Cross, said Greg Poling, director of CSIS’s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (Amti). More...

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