![]() ![]() Extensive infrastructure is being constructed on the reclaimed features, including harbours, radar and surveillance systems, multi-storey buildings and airstrips. Since mid-2013, China has been undertaking large-scale reclamation work on seven features under its control in the disputed Spratly Islands: Fiery Cross Reef, Johnson Reef South, Cuarteron Reef, Hughes Reef, Gaven Reef, Mischief Reef and Subi Reef. However, China’s terraforming in the Spratlys-transforming submerged or semi-submerged features and rocks into artificial islands-may well prove to be a genuine game changer in the long-running and increasingly contentious dispute. The phrase ‘game changer’ is often overused in international affairs.
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