Mischief Reef
Mischief Reef has been occupied and controlled by the PRC since 1995, and is also claimed by the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Philippines, and Vietnam. The PRC performed various reclamation activities at at least two locations on the rim of the atoll in the period from 1995 to 2013, but in the period from the end of 2013 to the end of 2016 a large artificial island of was created around the majority of the perimeter of the lagoon.