Great Wall of Sand

Spratly Islands
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Confrontations
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Military occupations
Occupied by Brunei Louisa Reef-Semarang Barat Kecil Reef Occupied by China (PRC) Cuarteron Reef, Huayang Reef Fiery Cross Reef, Yongshu Reef Gaven Reefs, Nanxun Reef and Xinan Reef Hughes Reef, Dongmen Reef Johnson South Reef, Chigua Reef Mischief Reef, Meiji Reef Subi Reef, Zhubi Reef Occupied by Malaysia Ardasier Reef, Ubi Reef Dallas Reef, Laya Reef Erica Reef, Siput Reef Investigator Shoal, Peninjau Shoal Mariveles Reef, Mantanani Reef Swallow Reef, Layang-Layang Island Occupied by the Philippines Commodore Reef, Rizal Reef Flat Island, Patag Island Irving Reef, Balagtas Reef Lankiam Cay, Panata Island Loaita Cay, Melchora Aquino Island Loaita Island, Kota Island Nanshan Island, Lawak Island Northeast Cay, Parola Island Second Thomas Shoal, Ayungin Shoal Thitu Island, Pagasa Island West York Island, Likas Island Occupied by Taiwan (ROC) Centre Cay, Zhongzhou Reef Itu Aba Island, Taiping Island Occupied by Vietnam Alison Reef, Toc Tan Reef Amboyna Cay, An Bang Island Barque Canada Reef, Thuyen Chai Reef Bombay Castle, Ba Ke Central London Reef, Truong Sa Dong Island Collins Reef, Co Lin Reef Cornwallis South Reef, Nui Le Reef Discovery Great Reef, Lon Reef East London Reef, Dong Reef Grierson Reef, Sinh Ton Dong Island Ladd Reef, Lat Reef Lansdowne Reef, Len Dao Reef Namyit Island, Nam Yet Island Pearson Reef, Phan Vinh Island Petley Reef, Nui Thi Reef Sand Cay, Son Ca Island Sin Cowe Island, Sinh Ton Island South Reef, Nam Reef Southwest Cay, Song Tu Tay Island Spratly Island, Truong Sa Island Tennent Reef, Tien Nu Reef West London Reef, Tay Reef Unoccupied Half Moon Shoal Luconia Shoals Northeast Investigator Shoal Royal Captain Shoal Sabina Shoal Western Reef Whitsun Reef

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.