evidence: It’s early winter about 4 pm and the sun is setting on the Dongji outpost on Heixiazi Island, the easternmost point of China. [...] The first ray of sunlight shines on the motherland every morning on Heixiazi Island in the Fuyuan Delta. [...] When the entire Heixiazi Island was flooded in 2013, the soldiers kept rowing out and wading daily to raise the flag of the People's Republic of China.