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2/28/2015

Topic Reading-Vol.1053-2/28/2015

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Report: China building new islands in disputed waters
China’s speed and scale are unbelievable. They’ve built as long as 20,000km of high speed railway systems within eight years. Their highway systems have already surpassed that of the US’s only in a couple of decades. Now they’ve built artificial lands around the Spratly Islands in disputed waters in the South China Sea, where Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam are also claiming their sovereignty.
On top of territorial boundary, rich fishing grounds and potential undersea natural resources seem to encourage China to build such sea fortress, even though the international law doesn’t recognize such artificial structure as part of territory. However, if you look at what Russia is doing in Ukraine, the UN Security Council doesn’t seem to function effectively against such territorial invasion or outlaw by force.
Enjoy reading and thinking what the Permanent UN Security Council members are trying to do.

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