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Title:
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China plans 1st structure on disputed South China Sea shoal
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Author:
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Associated Press
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Source:
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Star Tribune
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Date:
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March 17, 2017
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Description:
- China plans to build the first permanent structure on a South China Sea shoal at the heart of a territorial dispute with the Philippines, in a move likely to renew concerns over Beijing's robust assertions of its claims in the strategically crucial waterbody. The top official in Sansha City that has administered China's island claims since 2012 was quoted by the official Hainan Daily newspaper as saying that preparations were underway to build an environmental monitoring station on Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines.
