For anyone thinking it’s petty, they island-buuld off them, destroying the reef by making a larger land mass to house things and assert claim in the SCS.

https://www.rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/01/31/south-china-sea-environment-reef-damage/

… And the 200 mile economic zone around it.

should set up some juice bars on those and make a killing selling to all the sailors constantly stopping on them.

Like actually seizes, or just stands on and holds up a flag just long enough for a photo? Because every country does that for disputed islands.