The lunar south pole seems to be prime real estate. One of two always lit / always dark positions, and it has more water ice and craters than the north pole. Definitely the better of the two spots.
Unless they're willing to share, they're shafting the rest of the world.
Interesting to speculate if moon claims will intermingle with that on earth.
I see that they completed a landing a couple years ago, but India made the same attempt.
States are very territorial. There are emotional reasons for it, but also the exclusive claim for natural resources.
If water is found in mineable concentrations in only a few spots of the Moon, I bet there will be a serious conflict over those spots. It is literally a matter of survival for the future colonists.
[1] https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/01/01/042219/china-spe...