The images are causing concern in Australia as the rhetoric between the United States and China continues to worsen, raising the prospect of a maritime conflict in the Asia-Pacific.
Satellite images raises tensions further in South China Sea
China foreign-ministry spokesman Geng Shuang Source: AAP
A United States research centre has released images it says prove China is heavily militarising its artificial islands in the South China Sea. Image: China foreign-ministry spokesman Geng Shuang (AAP)
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