VOA: China Says It Has Stopped Land Reclamation in South China Sea
KUALA LUMPUR — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced Wednesday Beijing has halted land reclamation in the South China Sea, but other regional leaders voiced concerns China was simply moving to a new phase on the disputed islands: construction of outposts.
Wang, who made his remarks on the sidelines of meetings involving the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), also called on countries in the region to speed up talks on how claimant states should conduct themselves in the disputed waters, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes each year.
WNU Editor: One should not be impressed by this Chinese announcement that they have stopped their land reclamation project in the South China Sea. They stopped it because they have completed their work .... not because of international pressure.
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