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Ins gagss regarded disputed territory. that's where we start tonight with jennifer griffin. >> with more evidence that china is building a military base in the middle of the south china sea on a chain of manmade islands 800 miles off its coast new reports from australia suggest that the chinese have moved weapons on to the contested islands. just a week ago, the chinese military issued a veiled threat to a u.s. navy p-8 poseidon surveillance plane that flew toward the spratly chain. >> please go away quickly. >> reporter: the u.s. defense secretary en route to a security conference in asia sig...

Sail and operate wrafr international law allows. as we do all around the world. >> reporter: a view echoed by the u.s. admiral who drew attention to china's construction of what he called the great wall of sand. >> there is no shortage of challenges that confront us. china's preposterous claims to and land reclamations in the south china sea. >> translator: every is fully aware of the reason which is some countries play up tensions and tarnish the image of china for self serving interests. >> reporter: on tuesday, china held a ground breaking ceremony for two lighthouses on the islands. they h...