Brilliant – use China’s own „build on an island to claim it as your own“ technique against them!
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>Along with Vietnam and China, the island chain is also claimed by Taiwan and partially claimed by the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
Vietnam would be building them with or without China.
[For decades, the Philippines and Vietnam were the most active in building artificial islands in the area,[6][7] but from 2014 to 2016 China’s construction activity outpaced them.[8]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Sand)
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Brilliant – use China’s own „build on an island to claim it as your own“ technique against them!
>Along with Vietnam and China, the island chain is also claimed by Taiwan and partially claimed by the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
Vietnam would be building them with or without China.
[For decades, the Philippines and Vietnam were the most active in building artificial islands in the area,[6][7] but from 2014 to 2016 China’s construction activity outpaced them.[8]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Sand)
[Now Vietnam is on pace to build even more than China.](https://thediplomat.com/2025/08/vietnam-on-track-to-surpass-china-in-spratly-island-building-report-says/)
Anything is a runway if you’re brave enough…
Is this why Vietnam uses more concrete than the US? If so, im for it
Pretty sad we need to pave over islands for such bullshit reasons