Sentence:  From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much.... But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka's capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is <WSD>creating</WSD> a shipping hub just 200 miles from India's southern tip. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.