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Article: China makes move on Spratlys: Lawmaker cites military buildup.(A)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 4, 1999
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China is building military facilities on islands in the South China Sea some 800 miles from the mainland as part of an aggressive grab for undersea energy resources and control over strategic waterways, according to a senior House member.
"The U.S. government must end its silence about the Chinese military buildup in the Spratlys," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher after a recent flight to the contested Spratly Islands on a Philippine military C-130 plane.
"It is dangerous for the administration to continue to hide this issue from the Congress and the American people," he said. "Now is the time to impress upon the Chinese the need to end their aggression ...