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Subi Reef, also known as Xu Bi Reef (Vietnamese: Đá Xu Bi), Zamora Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Zamora, lit. 'Reef of Zamora '), or Zhubi Reef ( Chinese : 渚碧礁 ; pinyin : Zhǔbì Jiāo ), is an atoll in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea located 26 km (16 mi) southwest of Thitu Island .
Subi Reef being built up into an artificial island, 2015 In 2014 Janes reported that during 2013–2014 China had begun dredging and land reclamation at three sites in the Spratlys. In contrast to the construction projections of other countries, Beijing's efforts involved reefs that for the most part were under water at high tide.
Since then, Beijing has constructed military bases on Subi Reef, Johnson Reef, Mischief Reef and Fiery Cross Reef, fortifying its claims on the chain, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency ...
Purple ： λ – Zhubi Reef (Subi Reef) In 1935, China, as the Republic of China (ROC), regarded the atoll as part of the Zhongsha Islands . That position has since been maintained by both the ROC, which now governs Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China (PRC). [ 96 ]
"China has already created very enormous South China Sea military bases on the three islands surrounding Taiping - Subi Reef, Fiery Cross Reef and Mischief Reef - and these are all quite close to ...
Although the Philippines and the PRC had both ratified the UNCLOS III, [19] in the case of Johnson South Reef, Hughes Reef and Mischief Reef, the PRC dredged sand for free in the EEZ the Philippines had claimed from 1978, [45] arguing this to be the "waters of China's Nansha Islands". "Although the consequences of substrate mining are hidden ...
Fiery Cross Reef People's Republic of China: Yongshu Airport: AG 4553: 2016: 3,300 m (est.) Dual-use concrete airport. Subi Reef People's Republic of China: Zhubi Airport: 2016: 3,000 m (est.) Dual-use concrete airport. Mischief Reef People's Republic of China: Meiji Airport: 2016: 2,700 m (est.) Dual-use concrete airport. Thitu Island (Pag-asa ...
Thitu Island, also known as Pag-asa Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Pag-asa, lit. 'Island of Hope'); Đảo Thị Tứ (Vietnamese: Đảo Thị Tứ); Zhongye Dao (Chinese: 中业岛/中業島; pinyin: Zhōngyè Dǎo), having an area of 37.2 hectares (92 acres), it is the second largest of the naturally occurring [4] island in Spratly Islands.