U.S. officials reported that images from U.S. naval surveillance provided evidence that China was placing military equipment on a chain of artificial islands in the South China Sea, contradicting Beijing's claims that the construction was primarily for civilian purposes.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Council on Foreign Relations
  U.S.-China Relations

Sources

• U.S.-China Relations www.cfr.org Council on Foreign Relations via serper

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• South China Sea location
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