Title:

 China stepping up Spratlys landgrab–Pentagon report

Author:

Amando Doronila

Source:

Inquirer.Net

Date:

February 5, 2016

Description:

CANBERRA—A new Pentagon report saying that China’s reclamation activities and construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea increased dramatically during the past few months has aroused widespread fears that the landgrab would derail diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving rival claims through United Nations arbitration.