Illegal sand mining has hollowed out more than 2,000 mu (1.33 square kilometers) of islets and beaches in the Dongting Lake in Hunan province, which covers an area of about 2,500 square kilometers, reporters following the Fifth Central Environmental Protection Inspection Team have found.
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