China is building an island on the disputed Mabini Reef (Timelapsed Pictures)

They built the Great Wall of China but now the Chinese are building an island on the disputed Mabini Reef (Johnson South Reef) according to the following series of photographs released by the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) after being gathered from Philippine intelligence sources. They show the stages of extensive reclamation by China. The DFA says these actions are considered destabilizing and are in violation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) along with international law. Mabini Reef is part of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) which the Philippines says is part of their territory.

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