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Chinese government would intentionally dump tons of sand into its own water. You see, under international law, a country's ocean territory is measured by its coastline, which means the bigger the coastline, the bigger the ocean territory. But China lacks the actual land to legally claim its vast coastline, so they came up with an idea of dumping sand over the submerged coral reefs, which allowed the Chinese government to create artificial islands and legally push their ever-growing borders.

Chinese government would intentionally dump tons of sand into its own water. You see, under international law, a country's ocean territory is measured by its c…