Beijing seizes small Sandbank in the South China Sea

China has captured a small sandbank in the South China Sea, the state media has been reported by the Philippines with an increase in regional dispute.

The State Broadcaster CCTV announced the pictures of the four officers, all the blacks and holding the Chinese flag, Sandy Cay on the Spraty Islands stopped in the controversial reference.

The channel said in Rif in China in April, “said the sea control and sovereign jurisdiction.”

The Philippine government has not yet responded. Both China and Filipino said their claims to various islands and zones. Their dispute has increased, with Frequent conflicts Including the collision and confusion of the veins.

Sandy Cay, in the name of the Philippines on the island of Thitu, is said to use Manila to monitor Chinese actions in the area.

There is no sign that China has always occupied 200 kv meters of the Island and the boss on the shore.

The White House warned China’s capture to seize the rock “If it is true,” he said.

In the comments as it reports Financial times, US National Security Council James Hewitt said, “It threatens such actions and violates international law,” the White House has said that “closely advice to our partners.”

The Chinese movement is implementing the annual war scenario trainings in the United States and the Philippines – are called Balıkatan exercises. Chinese trainings criticized as a provocative.

More than 17,000 personnel are participating in the coming days. The US Navy Director’s integration system, the missile system, on Sunday, the North Philippine stopped the system’s second live fire test and the first placement of the Philippines. The matches are also built to provide the US anti-board missile system.

The Philippines said the military is a training exercise for the national defense, but in any country insists in any country.

“This type of training is completely invaluable to us,” he said.

The training helped Donald Trump’s fears between some US allies that Trump could increase their long military support in the region.

During the visit to Manila last month, the US Secretary of Defense Hegseth, Washington has “increased” to the country with the country, “he said to” remove “against China.

For centuries, there is widespread in the area in the Southern China Sea, but tensions have increased in recent years.

China claims the largest area of ​​the largest area in the so-called “nine dash line”. Hundreds of miles in the line consists of nine dashes that extend hundreds of miles from Hainan state in the south and east. Beijing has supported its extensive claims with the ADA building and marine patrols.

Competitive bidders such as Vietnamese, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei have led to allegations about the islands and various zones in the sea.