Taiwan says it won’t militarize island in South China Sea —


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Taiwan has no intention of militarizing Taiping Island – the largest island under its control in the South China Sea – Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-Cheng said on Tuesday. Chiu was quoted by local media such as telling a committee of the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan Legislative Assembly) that Taiwan is “closely monitoring the militarization of Chinese artificial islands in the South China Sea” after a U.S. commander-in-chief said Beijing had fully militarized at least three such Islands. U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander-in-Chief John C. Aquilino said the construction of missile arsenals, hangars, radar systems and other military facilities at Mischief Reef, Subi Reef...