China ready to launch military power from artificial islands in South China Sea

By John Garnaut, Asia-Pacific Editor
Updated August 31 2015 - 11:08am, first published August 30 2015 - 11:53pm

China has won the first round of its contest for control in the South China Sea by completing construction of an archipelago of artificial islands, say senior Australian sources.

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