What China Has Been Building in the South China Sea
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#2See also "China's Island Factory" at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29107792
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#3Given the various names for that stretch of water, I'm surprised the NYT doesn't spin the article by calling it e.g. the West Philippine Sea. Maybe because South China Sea is more recognizable in a headline?
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#4What a pity they destroyed those reefs.
Besides that, artificial land is nothing new, a good chunk of NL was made by manipulating the sea. Even so this is clearly a 'landgrab', but not much different other than the time in which it happens (the present, rather than a few hundred years ago). NL did it with the colonies and plenty of other countries did it too. A lot of that has reverted over the last 3 decades but there are still quite a few remnants such as Cyprus (claimed by the Turks and the Greeks), the Falkland islands (UK vs Argentina) and a whole bunch of smaller ones.
The world map will always be in flux due to territorial disputes like these, in the end it is all about money.
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#5Ironically, the NYT is banned by the great firewall here in China.
On nomenclature, Indochina Sea would perhaps be a reasonable candidate for a more honest toponym, being as it is both suggestive of the general area and adequately distanced from any specific modern political entities.
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#6Given the various names for that stretch of water, I'm surprised the NYT doesn't spin the article by calling it e.g. the West Philippine Sea. Maybe because South China Sea is more recognizable in a headline?
It's just a name. You don't see India claiming the Indian ocean. The name doesn't give the country any claims.
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#7Given the various names for that stretch of water, I'm surprised the NYT doesn't spin the article by calling it e.g. the West Philippine Sea. Maybe because South China Sea is more recognizable in a headline?
More info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea#Names Looks like "West Philippine Sea" is a new name invented in 2011 and only used by Filipinos.
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#8Given the various names for that stretch of water, I'm surprised the NYT doesn't spin the article by calling it e.g. the West Philippine Sea. Maybe because South China Sea is more recognizable in a headline?
More info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea#Names Looks like "West Philippine Sea" is a new name invented in 2011 and only used by Filipinos.
Full disclosure: my fiancée is from the Philippines. :D
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#9Given the various names for that stretch of water, I'm surprised the NYT doesn't spin the article by calling it e.g. the West Philippine Sea. Maybe because South China Sea is more recognizable in a headline?
It's just a name. You don't see India claiming the Indian ocean. The name doesn't give the country any claims.
Therefore, no need to rename the Pacific Ocean to "American Sea" ;-)
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#10Buy your remote deserted desert island while you still can!