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Sansha Yongxing Airport (IATA: XYI, ICAO: ZJYX) is a civilian-military dual-use airport located on Yongxing Island, the largest of the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. [2] Yongxing/Woody Island is occupied and administered by China (PRC) as the seat of Sansha city of Hainan Province .
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine government slammed China on Monday for "repeated aggressive, unprofessional and illegal" actions in the South China Sea after a string of clashes and incidents on ...
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed two of its vessels in the South China Sea after monitoring an "alarming" increase in the number of Chinese maritime militia vessels ...
In September 2011, a new 71,000 square-meter terminal building was completed as part of the 2.2 billion yuan third-phase expansion project of the airport. [6] The airport has a 3,300-meter (10,827 ft) runway (class 4E), 135,000 square metres (1,450,000 sq ft) of terminal buildings, 42 aircraft parking places, and 2,600 car parking places.
The United States on April 7, 2021, warned China not to use military action against the Philippines, remarking that "an armed attack against the Philippines’ armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft in the Pacific, including in the South China Sea" would trigger its obligation under its Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines.
Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea, a conduit for more than $3 trillion of annual shipborne commerce, including parts claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
Although the sea ban left the Ming army free to extirpate the remaining Yuan loyalists and secure China's borders, it tied up local resources. 74 coastal garrisons were established from Guangzhou in Guangdong to Shandong; [11] under the Yongle Emperor, these outposts were notionally manned by 110,000 subjects. [24]
China is cracking down on weather stations it says are spying for foreign countries, the latest measure in a broad counter-espionage campaign under leader Xi Jinping amid intensifying geopolitical ...