The satellite images of bright strips of sand rising from turquoise waters and surrounded by an intricate network of support ships struck a nerve around the globe. The man-made islands vividly showed China’s slow-motion efforts to assert more control in the South China Sea but, more than that, they represented a direct challenge to the US which has long policed a waterway crucial to the global economy.
一張張衛星圖顯示出藍綠色海水中隆起的耀眼沙帶以及四周由各種輔助船隻構成的複雜網路,這些影像觸動了全世界的神經。這些人造島嶼形象地展示了中國在南中國海確立更多控制權的漸進努力,但更重要的是,它們象徵着對美國的直接挑戰,後者長期以來一直維護著對全球經濟至關重要的一條航道的安全。
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