FOREIGN Secretary Albert del Rosario on Thursday slammed China’s attempts to build islands in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), prompting Beijing to accuse Manila of making “trouble out of nothing.”

Del Rosario repeated a warning that Beijing was reclaiming land around isolated reefs in disputed waters to turn them into islands which could hold fortified positions or even airstrips.

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