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Why are Chinese poachers destroying coral reefs?

China has been building huge artificial islands to enforce its territorial claims in the South China Sea. Close to the Spratly Islands, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes tracked down Chinese fishermen destroying coral reefs in order to harvest giant clams.

(Photo: Fishermen in the South China Sea. Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)

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