If you were in any position to state such words I would be astonished. But, unfortunately for you, you don't have a damn word about those issues. So just stay calm and watch instead.
Those pictures show how your 'de facto' looks like.
That is not my word but Admiral Wu Shengli word who told it to Admiral Richardson in no uncertain term
As Taxiya said China has soldier,Troop, ships, plane on 20 bases 24/7 year around in SCS, run regular flight, ship,tourism,exploit the sea with fishing armada
US and Japan only come once or twice a year So who you think had defacto control over those SCS?
PLAN’s Wu to CNO Richardson: Beijing Won’t Stop South China Sea Island Building
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July 18, 2016 6:17 PM
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson meets with Adm. Wu Shengli, Commander of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on July 18, 2016. US Navy Photo
The head of the People’s Liberation Army Navy told his U.S. counterpart that China has no intention of stopping its island building campaign in the South China Sea Spratly Islands,
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In the meeting between Adm. Wu Shengli and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, state-controlled media reported Wu told Richardson China would complete its push to outfit several artificial islands off the coast of the Philippines despite an international arbitration tribunal ruling last week that invalidated China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea.
“We will never stop our construction on the Nansha Islands [Spratly] halfway… the Nansha Islands are China’s inherent territory, and our necessary construction on the islands is reasonable, justified and lawful,” PLAN’s Wu Shengli told Richardson, as quoted by the Xinhua News Agency on Monday.
“Any attempt to force China to give in through flexing military muscles will only have the opposite effect.”
