After a deadly skirmish with the Vietnamese Navy, China installed some military structures on more reefs in the vicinity of the Philippines and Vietnamese occupied islands and this led to escalating tensions between these countries and China over the status and "ownership" of reefs.
Logo dun enfrontamento mortal coa Armada vietnamita, China instalou algunhas estruturas militares nos arrecifes próximos as illas ocupadas polas Filipinas e Vietnam e isto deu lugar a unha escalada das tensións entre estes países e China sobre o estado e a "propiedade" dos arrecifes.