BEIJING: Chinese cruise ships will regularly bring tourists to the contested Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) by 2020, reports said Wednesday, as tensions mount in the region.
Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost all of the strategically vital South China Sea, despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbors, and has rapidly built reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military planes.
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