TY - BOOK AU - Dolven, Ben AU - Elsea, Jennifer K. AU - Lawrence, Susan V. AU - O'Rourke, Ronald AU - Rinehart, Ian E. TI - Chinese Land Reclamation in the South China Sea: : Implications and Policy Options T2 - CRS Report PY - 2015/// PB - Congressional Research Service KW - Política y gobierno KW - China N2 - Since September 2013, China has undertaken extensive reclamation and construction on several reefs in the Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea, raising a variety of concerns in the United States and Asia. The reclamation has created over 2,000 acres (809 hectares) of artificial landmasses on Chinese-occupied reefs that are disputed between several countries and are located in some of the world’s most heavily trafficked waters. China announced on June 16, 2015 that its reclamation work would be completed “in the upcoming days”, and that when reclamation was finished, it would turn to building facilities on the newly created artificial islands UR - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R44072.pdf ER -