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China's Artificial Islands

China's artificial islands story behind it

Nov 20 2023
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The story behind it,the environmental impacts, social impacts and the economic
impacts,.
The establishment of the artificial Islands is one of its strategies to expand its
military power .China could use these waters as a block as well as the lead
operations zones during a time of war with rivals such as the United States.

This project started 2013 december and ended in 2015 october. Years later it
started to sink and was abandoned. T0 this day it is still sinking very slowly.
China’s construction workers are legendary for their productivity, assembling
everything from modern metropolises to that ancient feat of engineering known as
the Great Wall. Now, new satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe shows another locus of
Chinese industriousness:
the contested waters of the South China Sea.
Over the past couple years, Chinese dredgers have transformed spare reefs and rock
into islands large enough to boast sports fields and airplane runways. For example,
Fiery Cross Reef, once just a couple rocks jutting out at high tide, has grown into
a 665-acre island with dozens of structures and a 3 km (1.9 mile) runway that can
accommodate military jets.

Did this useless sinking project kill ecosystems under water?

The cost of building an artificial island in the South China Sea would vary
depending on a number of factors, including the size of the island, the materials
used, and the location. This project cost 9 billion dollars. A lot of citizens
were mad that this turned out to be useless.
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When the South Asian countries started creating artificial reefs, they extracted
sand and gravel from the lagoons and reef flats. In doing so, they stir up the sand
and silt, which also damages the coral tissue Artificial islands also have certain
strategic advantages and economic gains and can lead to geopolitical (the study of
how geography and economics have an influence on politics and on the relations
between nations) benefits. However, these types of projects come at a significant
cost to our ecosystem, harming the environment in severe and vast ways. This
project moved so many fish out of their homes(Habitats ) possibly killing all of
them. They killed 3000 acres of coral.
How much did this all cost?