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Why would be the new island the property of the builder if it's in international water?
If the island is found (or in this case, built) within territorial waters but far enough from the mainland's coast, the island's coast recursively extends the claim of territorial waters per international law.
I thought man made was exempt from this
It's not man-made. It's an atoll that they've expanded.
Huh, today I learned the atoll was already there and was just being expanded. Makes sense that they patched out the legal loophole too, at least partially.
It's the way they said built in the previous comment shrug. It's 4am you know damn well I only skimmed the article