China has unveiled a “magical” island-building ship on the eve of Donald Trump’s visit in a move likely to renew fears about its claims to territory in the South China Sea.
At 140m, the Tiankun is the biggest dredger in Asia, with cutters and pumps capable of smashing the equivalent of three Olympic pools of rock an hour from the sea floor and shooting it 15km away to create land.
During the past five years, China has used similar vessels to create a string of strategic islands to support its claims to 85 per cent of the sea.
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