The Chinese Communist government announced on Wednesday that it will create a “national nature reserve” in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, using Filipino land the Chinese have occupied by force.

The announcement was clearly an effort to consolidate Beijing’s grip on the shoal despite international tribunal rulings against China’s expansive territorial claims.

The Scarborough Shoal is one of several features caught up in China’s absurd “ Nine-Dash Line ” land grab, in which Beijing claims dominion over most of the South China Sea, including disputed islands and waters that clearly lie within the purview of other nations. The Scarborough Shoal…

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