‘Grave concern’: Japan expresses anger over China’s test landing on Spratlys airstrip

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video provided by the United States Navy. On Saturday, China announced that one of its aircraft had landed on the airstrip which can be seen on the right of the image. Photo: Reuters

The Japanese government has expressed “grave concern” over China’s landing of a plane on an airstrip it constructed in a contested part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

Source: South China Morning Post