PLAN SCS Bases/Islands/Vessels (Not a Strategy Page)

() 16:51, August 08, 2016


(File photo of Yongxing Island on the South China Sea)

On Aug. 7, China unveiled a new key national laboratory. The laboratory, under dual management from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Hainan provincial government, is located at Hainan University.

It aims to promote national strategy on the South China Sea as well as to support provincial development goals through targeted exploitation, preservation and research on oceanic resources in the South China Sea, China News Service (CNS) reported. The Hainan government has earmarked 10 million yuan to support the laboratory every year.

According to CNS, the laboratory will focus on the development and preservation of organism resources, organisms for medical use and microorganisms. Other research fields include oceanic farming, oceanic biology protection, development of quartz sand and other new materials and oceanic power technology.

The laboratory will both help to elevate China as a major maritime power and boost local economic development. It can also help with talent training, according to Ye Zhenxing, party chief of Hainan's Department of Science and Technology.

Some pictures of Meiji Island dated 22 July, 2016.


Mischief or Meiji dated July 22, 2016.


Note: the aircraft shown for illustrative purposes.


Note: the aircraft shown for illustrative purposes.


The north part.


The north-west part of the island.


The south-west part of the island.

more news on the SCS Lab.

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New lab will explore South China Sea resources
China Daily, August 9, 2016


South China Sea. [file photo / Xinhua] Duncan Island.


China will open a laboratory in Hainan province in November that will focus on the use of marine resources in the South China Sea, a provincial official said.

The State Key Laboratory of Marine Resources Utilization in the South China Sea, initiated by the Hainan Science and Technology Department and Hainan University, must finish recruitment for the research team before operations officially begin, said Shi Yiyun, head of the department.

The laboratory will study how to use marine bio-resources, new materials and marine mineral resources as well as how to resourcefully use marine information, Shi told China Daily.

It will also focus on the use of marine organisms for medical purposes and ways to protect the marine ecology, he said.

With the help of the laboratory, China will make better use of marine resources in the South China Sea and cultivate more marine talent, he added.

Li Jianbao, head the laboratory and also president of Hainan University, said that the facility will be built into a key national laboratory to provide support in both technology and talent for China's South China Sea strategy.

"There will be around 40 researchers in the laboratory, but we are going to select 24 first from relative areas within the university, and introduce talent from home and abroad later," said Chen Yongjun, deputy director of the laboratory.

The laboratory, with a planned five-year operation, will receive 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) annually from Hainan's provincial government for construction, daily operations, research projects and talent recruitment.

"The laboratory will be application-oriented, which fits the nation's strategies for the Belt and Road Initiative and the South China Sea, and it surely will play an important role in using the marine resources of the South China Sea," said Huang Bangqin, a professor of marine biology at Xiamen University's Environment and Ecology College.

Huang said the laboratory will also have a positive effect on China's exercising sovereignty rights in the South China Sea.

"Because only when we know better about the South China Sea can we better safeguard our nation's rights," he said.

ahojunk said:

Some pictures of Meiji Island dated 22 July, 2016.

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Mischief or Meiji dated July 22, 2016.

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The north part.

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The north-west part of the island.

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The south-west part of the island.

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hahhaha ... I'd expect soon there will be alot of news saying (including Kanwa) that China already fielded 16 J-11s and a few bombers in Mischief Reef island ... time will tell

Some pictures of Yongshu Island, dated June 3, 2016.


Yongshu Island. There are hangars for fighter jets and bombers.


In Chinese.


Closeup of the south end of the airstrip.


On the right is the original outpost prior to the reclamation.


This is the north east of the harbor. There are three towers.

ahojunk said:

Some pictures of Yongshu Island ...

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... is it
永暑礁.
please? that's what Facebook offered me I started typing Yongshu I...s...l...

Jura said:

... is it
永暑礁.
please? that's what Facebook offered me I started typing Yongshu I...s...l...

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Yes, it's 永暑礁 (Yongshu Reef) or 永暑岛 (Yongshu Island).

Note that my Chinese is limited, I can only recognize a handful of characters. Can't read Chinese websites.

ahojunk said:

Yes, it's 永暑礁 (Yongshu Reef) or 永暑岛 (Yongshu Island).

Note that my Chinese is limited, I can only recognize a handful of characters. Can't read Chinese websites.

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thank you (I was only able to cut&paste it of course yet another place I visited ... on Facebook LOL

Very great high res pics.

Thanks for ensuring that everyone knows that the aircraft shown are not real.

Despite it being said, you can almost bet some people will pick up on it, not read it, or want to intentionally mis-represent it, and sauy that the aircraft are actually there.

Now, clearly, the Chinese have set things up so they can put them there if they ever feel the need...and these pics illustrate that quite well.

Some pictures of Zhubi (Subi) Island dated July 24, 2016.


Subi Island dated July 24, 2016. The red color boxes are purported to be hangers for fighter jets, while the yellow ones are hangars for larger planes.


Closeup of the hangars on the north end of the airstrip.
Note the aircraft shown for illustrative purposes.


Closeup of the hangars on the south end of the airstrip.
Note the aircraft shown for illustrative purposes.