Chinese Government to conduct a large-scale tourism development on Hainan Island after it had been placed in strategic locations rarely reported in the South China Sea islands, has become the focus of international media attention. As the closest to the South China Sea "gold trade route," an island of Hainan development prospects of attracting more and more foreign tourists and investment. In recent years, China’s Hainan Island to build Space Center and the West in this building from time to time rumors that Chinese submarine bases and even aircraft carriers rumors, and for some Western scholars and the media had a "sensitive" associations. "Time" magazine said that, just as Hawaii is also world-famous holiday resort and the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, as Hainan Island is also becoming "China’s Hawaii." Renmin University of China School of International Relations, Professor Jin on "Global Times" said that the construction of Hainan Island, more of an economic activity, the Western military and strategic aspects of their concerns are actually intentionally or unintentionally Strip exaggerated. Near the South China Sea, this piece of the world’s most complex waters, every step of the development of China will lead to all kinds of speculation.
Hainan’s tourism development cited the complex arguments
"China’s decision to beautiful scenery of the tropical island province of Hainan into an international tourism island, and have this integrated into national development strategy." Recently, news about China’s Hainan Island, this has aroused interest in many of the world media, "Voice of America" article outset wrote. Reported that the "Hainan is China’s provinces from the equator, the nearest land area of 35.4 thousand square kilometers, but the waters under the jurisdiction of its mandate area of 2 million square kilometers."
"Asia Times" said that international tourism island of this ambitious development plan, will make this tropical island in 2020 to become a first-class international tourist resort. From a broader perspective, this also shows that China in the 20th century, the second 10 years to find a new pivot to maintain national economic development, to focus on the promotion of domestic tourism and other forms of domestic consumption. The report reviewed the history of Hainan, Hainan, said today reached an unprecedented opening up of the agreement.
Hainan Island, located at latitude 18 degrees, which is internationally regarded as the most suitable vacation latitude lines, and almost at the same latitude as Hawaii. Also used by some Western media and Hainan Hawaii to compare, but in fact the content is not referred to in Hainan have "the same beautiful scenery of Hawaii." The U.S. "Time" magazine January 14 that China is now building in Hainan, while the highest level of resort, will also be here for the South China Sea as an important military strategic base to become "China’s Hawaii." Hawaii is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Reported that the Hainan Island submarine base on China’s strategic concern in recent years, "so that Beijing can not only play in their own backyard, energy, but also further deep into the Pacific and Indian Ocean."
For the international tourist island of Hainan plans to be the Japanese media have also reported that many Japanese to travel to Hainan expressed strong interest in a tour. However, there are some "sensitive" to reflect the views of some of the Japanese which has a different kind thoughts. "Sankei Shimbun", said China would like to build on Hainan Island can be comparable with the U.S. state of Hawaii tourist attraction, but this has also helped China to the South China Sea is rich in resources, the existence of a sense of growing. The article said that Hainan Island is also a "submarine training in the waters," is to strengthen control over the South China Sea waters, when the strategy can not be ignored. Yahoo Japan News article also said, "China to develop tourism Island grounds, justifiably to strengthen the presence of the South China Sea, the Strait of Malacca off peacefully getting closer."
Neighboring countries, the South China Sea island of Hainan tourism plan more of alert was intended. According to the article published in a number of sites in Vietnam to develop Hainan is "the South China Sea strategy" as part of, and the rapid development of China’s Hainan military confrontation in the region to other countries and the United States. Vietnam, "Labor newspaper," has also published the front page to demand that China stop the development of Xisha tourism.