article_snippet.sent: China's building activity in Spratly Islands has infuriated neighbouring countries and the United States whose leadership accused China of bullying others with China 'military muscle'.
article_snippet.sent: Disputed: China has built the airstrip (pictured) on Fiery Cross Reef in Spratly Islands without consulting the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan who all claim the region .
article_snippet.sent: The area near Spratly Islands (pictured) where China is constructing artificial islands is claimed by many other countries in the region .
article_snippet.sent: And the same report suggested China was also working to extend a runway of that length in Spratly Islands further north which is seen as a vital shipping route.
article_snippet.sent: Cui Tiankai said there 'should be no illusion that anyone could... repeatedly violate China's sovereignty without consequences'.
article_snippet.sent: : Other satellite images released earlier this month showed a flotilla of Chinese vessels dredging sand onto another artificially-built islands on Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands (pictured) Force: Following their release, U.S. President Barack Obama accused China of using China military might to reclaim the contested territory in the South China Sea .
article_snippet.sent: China's leadership has hit back at U.S. President Barack Obama who last week condemned China for constructing an artificial island on Mischief Reef in another section the disputed South China Sea.
article_snippet.sent: U.S. President Barack Obama who last week condemned the country for constructing an artificial island on Mischief Reef in another section the disputed South China Sea claimed Beijing was 'using U.S. President Barack Obama who last week condemned the country for constructing an artificial island on Mischief Reef in another section the disputed South China Sea sheer size and muscle to force countries into subordinate positions' amid reports of controversial land reclamation efforts in the Spratly Islands.
article_snippet.sent: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman said China has 'indisputable rights' to the Spratly Islands (pictured) and China was 'protecting China nation's sovereignty' China China claims the work is necessary to safeguard China sovereignty which the work asserts over most of the South China Sea .
article_snippet.sent: But a furious Chinese leadership hit back by claiming that Washington which possesses - and wields - the greatest military muscle.
article_snippet.sent: Only hours before U.S. President Barack Obama who last week condemned the country for constructing an artificial island on Mischief Reef in another section the disputed South China Sea's comments, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying added that China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying has 'indisputable rights' to the Spratly Islands and China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying was 'protecting its nation's sovereignty', according to the BBC.