The problem is that with all the growing media hype about China's economy over the past few years, no free government or media seems to want to criticize the Ch

The problem is that with all the growing media hype about China's economy over the past few years, no free government or media seems to want to criticize the Chinese regime, so the Chinese regime seems to be able to do whatever it wants - including constructing these mini-islands in disputed territory and threatening to shoot down any planes that cross it.