Taiwan’s new facilities on Taiping Island may have military use

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Outpost is part of the Spratly Islands and is also claimed by mainland China, the Philippines and Vietnam.

PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 20 September, 2016, 3:15pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 21 September, 2016, 12:09am
 Taiwan is building four concrete structures on the disputed ­Taiping Island in the South China Sea, in what might be a facility to increase its military alertness.

The structures, about three to four storeys high, were found to have been built on the coastline of the west side of Taiping surrounding a circular structure still under construction on the shore, ­according to a recent Google Earth map.

Taiping is part of the Spratly Islands and is also claimed by mainland China, the Philippines and Vietnam.

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