Taiping is the largest outcrop of the disputed Spratly island chain. The FT's Ben Bland visits to see for himself whether the Taiwanese government's claim that it is can support life is true.<br /><br />► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs<br /><br />For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video<br /><br />Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo<br />Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes
