A surveillance network facility that was 'barely an island' before China's transformation: CATHERINE BARNWELL reveals the artificial islands being bolstered

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 03:55 EDT, 15 September 2026 | Updated: 03:55 EDT, 15 September 2026 What are the surveillance expansions China have been working on?In less than a year, China transformed Antelope Reef from submerged coral into an island that now stretches almost six kilometres.And it is not the first island construction they have done. The Paracel Islands sit at a critical chokepoint between mainland China, Vietnam, and the Western Pacific.I have researched the transformation work China has been working on with before and after satellite images.Watch the video above to find out the dangers of China's artificial islands.