Creation Of Artificial Islands

China's construction work on islands in the disputed South China Sea is "unwarranted provocation", Malaysia's armed forces chief said today, in a rare public comment about the spat from a country which has its own claims in the seas.

US President Barack Obama said Washington is concerned China is using its "sheer size and muscle" to push around smaller nations in the South China Sea, just hours after Beijing gave a detailed defence of its creation of artificial islands in the contested waterway.

US President Barack Obama said Washington is concerned China is using its "sheer size and muscle" to push around smaller nations in the South China Sea, just hours after Beijing gave a detailed defence of its creation of artificial islands in the contested waterway.

China's construction work on islands in the disputed South China Sea is "unwarranted provocation", Malaysia's armed forces chief said today, in a rare public comment about the spat from a country which has its own claims in the seas.

US President Barack Obama said Washington is concerned China is using its "sheer size and muscle" to push around smaller nations in the South China Sea, just hours after Beijing gave a detailed defence of its creation of artificial islands in the contested waterway.

US President Barack Obama said Washington is concerned China is using its "sheer size and muscle" to push around smaller nations in the South China Sea, just hours after Beijing gave a detailed defence of its creation of artificial islands in the contested waterway.