Asia - Voice of America: China Approves City Council, Military Base in Disputed Islands

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China Approves City Council, Military Base in Disputed Islands Jul 22nd 2012, 17:26 China says it has formed a municipal council for a newly-established city in a disputed part of the South China Sea and authorized the deployment of a military base in the area. In a report published Sunday, China's official Xinhua news agency says 1,100 residents of several islands known in Chinese as Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha have elected 45 deputies to a municipal people's congress. The islands are part of the new city called Sansha, and the council will be based on an island ... Media files: AE1C12EF-4368-441B-A733-72E5D63A3520_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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