The "Great Wall of Sand" is a series of land reclamation projects by the People's Republic of China in the Spratly Islands area of the South China Sea between late 2013 to late 2016.
Swallow Reef in the Spratly Islands
The Spratly Islands are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. Composed of islands, islets, cays, and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, the archipelago lies off t
Great Wall of Sand
…The "Great Wall of Sand" is a series of land reclamation (artificial island building) projects by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the Spratly Islands area of the South China Sea between late 2013 to late 2016. The Spratly Islands are claimed by China (PRC), Taiwan (Republic of China), and Vietnam…
Territorial monument of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) on Southwest Cay, Spratly Islands, defining the cay as part of Vietnamese territory (Phước Tuy Province). Used from 22 August 1956 until 1975, when replaced by another one from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (successor state after the Fall of Saigon)
An ancient Heliotropium foertherianum on Spratly Island
Young Vietnamese residents of Spratly Island
A military cemetery for Vietnamese soldiers on Central London Reef