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John C. Aquilino said the hostile actions were in stark contrast to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s past assurances that Beijing would not transform the artificial islands in contested waters into military bases. The efforts were part of China’s flexing its military muscle, he said.</p><p>“I think over the past 20 years we’ve witnessed the largest military buildup since World War II by the PRC,” Aquilino told The Associated Press in an interview, using the initials of China’s formal name. “They have advanced all their capabilities and that buildup of weaponization is destabilizing to the region.”</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-10" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="10"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-10","lazy":false,"targeting":{"pos":10,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-10"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-10","lazy":false,"targeting":{"pos":10,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-10"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320/https://globalnews.ca/news/8682059/ukraine-russia-china-military-help/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="U.S. says Russia requesting China’s help amid Ukraine war, tells Beijing not to intervene"> U.S. says Russia requesting China’s help amid Ukraine war, tells Beijing not to intervene </a> </p> </div><p>There were no immediate comments from Chinese officials. Beijing maintains its military profile is purely defensive, arranged to protect what it says are its sovereign rights. But after years of increased military spending, China now boasts the world’s second largest defense budget after the U.S. and is rapidly modernizing its force with weapons systems including the J-20 stealth fighter, hypersonic missiles and two aircraft carriers, with a third under construction.</p><p>Aquilino spoke with the AP onboard a U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft that flew near Chinese-held outposts in the South China Sea’s Spratly archipelago, one of the most hotly contested regions in the world. During the patrol, the P-8A Poseidon plane was repeatedly warned by Chinese callers that it illegally entered what they said was China’s territory and ordered the plane to move away.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="caption"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable"> <div class="c-figure__inner"> <div class="c-figure__imageWrapper "> <img class="c-figure__image" alt="Boats are seen beside Chinese structures and buildings on the man-made Fiery Cross Reef at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea on Sunday March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china1.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=12&h=12&crop=1" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china1.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china1.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=450 450w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china1.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=720 720w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china1.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all 1200w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 1200px,(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px" width="1000" height="667" loading="lazy"/> <a href="" title="View image in full screen" class="c-figure__expand c-figure__overlay" data-trackaction="image | open"> <span class="sr-only">View image in full screen</span> <div class="c-figure__maximizeBtn"> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--white c-figure__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=msjiw4cvn#maximize"></use> </svg> </div> </a> </div> <figcaption class="c-figure__caption c-caption"> <span class="c-caption__desc"> Boats are seen beside Chinese structures and buildings on the man-made Fiery Cross Reef at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea on Sunday March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila). </span> <cite class="c-caption__cite"> AP Photo/Aaron Favila </cite> </figcaption> </div> </figure> </div><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="caption"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable"> <div class="c-figure__inner"> <div class="c-figure__imageWrapper "> <img class="c-figure__image" alt="An airstrip made by China is seen beside structures and buildings at the man-made island on Mischief Reef at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea are seen on Sunday March 20, 2022. A U.S. Navy plane carrying a top American military commander was threatened repeatedly by radio on Sunday to leave the airspace over Chinese-occupied island garrisons in the disputed South China Sea, but the aircraft pressed on defiantly with its reconnaissance in brief but tense standoffs witnessed by two Associated Press journalists invited onboard. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china2.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=12&h=12&crop=1" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china2.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china2.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=450 450w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china2.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=720 720w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/china2.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all 1200w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 1200px,(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px" width="1000" height="667" loading="lazy"/> <a href="" title="View image in full screen" class="c-figure__expand c-figure__overlay" data-trackaction="image | open"> <span class="sr-only">View image in full screen</span> <div class="c-figure__maximizeBtn"> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--white c-figure__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=msjiw4cvn#maximize"></use> </svg> </div> </a> </div> <figcaption class="c-figure__caption c-caption"> <span class="c-caption__desc"> An airstrip made by China is seen beside structures and buildings at the man-made island on Mischief Reef at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea are seen on Sunday March 20, 2022. A U.S. Navy plane carrying a top American military commander was threatened repeatedly by radio on Sunday to leave the airspace over Chinese-occupied island garrisons in the disputed South China Sea, but the aircraft pressed on defiantly with its reconnaissance in brief but tense standoffs witnessed by two Associated Press journalists invited onboard. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila). </span> <cite class="c-caption__cite"> AP Photo/Aaron Favila </cite> </figcaption> </div> </figure> </div><p>“China has sovereignty over the Spratly islands, as well as surrounding maritime areas. Stay away immediately to avoid misjudgment,” one of the stern radio messages said in a veiled threat.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-11" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="11" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-11","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":11,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-11"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-11","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":11,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-11"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>But the U.S. Navy plane dismissed the multiple warnings and pressed on defiantly with its reconnaissance in brief but tense moments witnessed by two AP journalists invited onboard. “I am a sovereign immune United States naval aircraft conducting lawful military activities beyond the national airspace of any coastal state,” a U.S. pilot radioed back to the Chinese.</p> <section id="content-dynamic-trending-stories" class="l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape" aria-label="Dynamic trending stories section"> <div class="l-inlineStories__heading"> <span class="l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough">Trending Stories</span> </div> <ul class="c-posts c-posts--inline"> <li class="c-posts__item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320/https://globalnews.ca/news/8697101/ukraine-mariupol-russian-invasion/" class="c-posts__inner"> <div class="c-posts__media l-relatedStories__media"> <img class="c-posts__thumbnail" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MariupolMarch21file-2.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=336&h=224&crop=1" loading="lazy" width="336" height="224" alt=""/> </div> <div class="c-posts__details"> <div class="c-posts__headline "> <span class="c-posts__headlineText" data-title>Ukraine rejects Russia’s demand to surrender Mariupol where hundreds remain trapped</span> </div> <div class="c-posts__author"></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="c-posts__item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320/https://globalnews.ca/news/8690680/ontario-mask-mandate-lifts-most-settings/" class="c-posts__inner"> <div class="c-posts__media l-relatedStories__media"> <img class="c-posts__thumbnail" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CP19751960-e1647553533189.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=336&h=224&crop=1" loading="lazy" width="336" height="224" alt=""/> </div> <div class="c-posts__details"> <div class="c-posts__headline "> <span class="c-posts__headlineText" data-title>Ontario COVID-19 mask mandate lifts for most settings</span> </div> <div class="c-posts__author"></div> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <p>“Exercising these rights is guaranteed by international law and I am operating with due regard to the rights and duties of all states,” he said.</p><p>Navy commanding officer Joel Martinez, who led the P-8A Poseidon’s crew, said there has been an incident when a Chinese jet flew close to a U.S. aircraft in a dangerous maneuver in the disputed region. The U.S. flight crew calmly reminded the Chinese to comply with aviation safety regulations, he said.</p><p>As the P-8A Poseidon flew as low as 15,000 feet (4,500 meters) near the Chinese-occupied reefs, some appeared to be like small cities on screen monitors, with multi-story buildings, warehouses, hangars, seaports, runways and white round structures Aquilino said were radars. Near Fiery Cross, more than 40 unspecified vessels could be seen apparently anchored.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="caption"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable"> <div class="c-figure__inner"> <div class="c-figure__imageWrapper "> <img class="c-figure__image" alt="Chinese structures and buildings at the man-made island on Johnson reef at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea are seen on Sunday March 20, 2022. 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(AP Photo/Aaron Favila). </span> <cite class="c-caption__cite"> AP Photo/Aaron Favila </cite> </figcaption> </div> </figure> </div><p>Aquilino said the construction of missile arsenals, aircraft hangars, radar systems and other military facilities on Mischief Reef, Subi Reef and Fiery Cross appeared to have been completed but it remains to be seen if China will pursue the construction of military infrastructure in other areas.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-12" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="12" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-12","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":12,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-12"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-12","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":12,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-12"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>“The function of those islands is to expand the offensive capability of the PRC beyond their continental shores,” he said. “They can fly fighters, bombers plus all those offensive capabilities of missile systems.”</p><p>He said any military and civilian plane flying over the disputed waterway could easily get within range of the Chinese islands’ missile system.</p><p>“So that’s the threat that exists, that’s why it’s so concerning for the militarization of these islands,” he said. “They threaten all nations who operate in the vicinity and all the international sea and airspace.”</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video"> <div class="c-video c-videoPlay " data-iframe-receiver data-autoplay="" data-displayinline-featured="false" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-player-id="miniplayer_8694629_623934f7e99fa" data-displayinline-video-id="8694629" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/8694629/#autoplay&stickyiframe=miniplayer_8694629_623934f7e99fa" data-displayinline-sticky="true"> <div class="c-video__inner"> <span class="c-video__placeholder"> <img class="c-video__image" alt="Click to play video: 'Biden, Xi discuss need for peace in Ukraine'" width="632" height="356" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320/https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/mh9stfm99n-6fdo2spoq8/0318_heather.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all" loading="lazy" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/mh9stfm99n-6fdo2spoq8/0318_heather.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&strip=all 450w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/mh9stfm99n-6fdo2spoq8/0318_heather.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&strip=all 720w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/mh9stfm99n-6fdo2spoq8/0318_heather.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&strip=all 1040w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px"> <span class="c-video__overlay"> <span class="c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon"> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--white c-video__play c-videoPlay__off" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=msjiw4cvn#play"></use> </svg> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--red c-video__play c-videoPlay__on" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=msjiw4cvn#play"></use> </svg> </span> <span class="c-video__data"> <time class="c-video__duration">1:55</time> <span class="c-video__title">Biden, Xi discuss need for peace in Ukraine</span> </span> </span> </span> </div> </div> <figcaption class="c-video__caption c-caption"> <span class="c-caption__desc">Biden, Xi discuss need for peace in Ukraine</span> </figcaption> </div><p>China sought to shore up its vast territorial claims over virtually the entire South China Sea by building island bases on coral atolls nearly a decade ago. The U.S. responded by sending its warships through the region in what it calls freedom of operation missions. The United States has no claims itself but has deployed Navy ships and aircraft for decades to patrol and promote free navigation in international waterway and airspace.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-13" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="13" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-13","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":13,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-13"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-13","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":13,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-13"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>China routinely objects to any action by the U.S. military in the region. The other parties — the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei — claim all or part of the sea, through which approximately $5 trillion in goods are shipped every year.</p><p>Despite China’s aggression, the long-simmering territorial conflicts should only be resolved peacefully, Aquilino said, and cited the Philippine government’s successful move to bring its disputes with China to international arbitration in 2013 as a good template.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023320/https://globalnews.ca/news/8695185/u-s-destroyer-taiwan-strait-china-taiwan/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="U.S. destroyer’s passage through Taiwan Strait ‘provocative’: Chinese military"> U.S. destroyer’s passage through Taiwan Strait ‘provocative’: Chinese military </a> </p> </div><p>A U.N.-backed arbitration tribunal that handled the case invalidated China’s sweeping historical claims in the South China Sea under the U.N. 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