CHINA is "very likely" to turn Scarborough Shoal into an artificial island with military facilities, particularly as bases for its missile and anti-missile weapons, diplomatic and local intelligence sources claimed.
If China does that, Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) will be the closest Chinese de facto facility to the Philippines, being just 241 kilometers from Subic Bay. If China declares an exclusive economic zone around it- as many countries, such as the US and Japan, have done around their small islands — this will cover nearly half of what the Philippines claims is its West Philippine Sea or its EEZ emanating from Luzon.
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