What China Has Been Building in the South China Sea
The building to convert reef to island is one of the first steps to claim the entire Southeast-Asia sea by China.  It will then have the self-declared ownership right to block all sea/air traffics through this region and bully other neighboring countries.  Besides having a huge oil/gas reserve and fishes, in term of economic impact, this sea is as important as or more than Panama Canal or Suez Canal.  A country with the right to block or own it will harm the rest of the world. Currently, the allies have been formed with a group of countries Japan, Philippine, Viet Nam, America and others trying to stop China but they have not found any solution nor success yet.<p>Here is the map that China wants to claim:  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea#/media/File:South_China_Sea_vector.svg" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_So...</a>