China is set to begin operating civilian flights to a disputed island in the South China Sea within a year, state media reported Friday as Beijing ramps up infrastructure development in the contested waters.
The official Xinhua News Agency quoted Xiao Jie, a top Communist Party official.
Xiao, mayor of Sansha City on Woody Island, which is located in the contested Paracel archipelago, said flights will be to and from Sansha.
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