The British and Australian militaries have challenged China's claims over the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea ...

Vietnam has been building up its defences in the Spratly Islands over the past two years to “ensure it can strike Chinese facilities” in the disputed archipelago, a report by a Washington ...

The South China Sea, a vast and resource-rich area, has been the subject of intense territorial disputes for years. Countries like the Philippine, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei have competing ...

China has begun a construction project in the disputed Spratly Islands, drawing a formal protest from the Philippines, in the latest example of Beijing's increasingly assertive behavior in the ...

Fresh satellite imagery released shows China has begun building a concrete runway on reclaimed land around a disputed reef in the South China Sea, according to the defense intelligence provider ...

Vietnam said China’s official map released this week violates its sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracel Islands and jurisdiction over its waters, according to a statement posted on the nation ...

"China has indisputable sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea and their adjacent waters," Tian said. Beijing's insistence is a common cause of friction with other regional claimants.

Why does China claim almost the entire South China Sea? Beijing’s claim is embodied by its nine-dash line that an international court rejected more than seven years ago.

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, three of them ...

Vietnam has been actively increasing its presence in the South China Sea by expanding land on several islands and reefs it controls in the Spratly Islands. 🌊 Vietnam’s Island Makeover Sends ...

Satellite photos reveal Beijing has fortified its Spratly Island reefs BEIJING’s artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea are now bristling with fortified gun towers, new satellite ...

China has (dubiously) specified points and baselines for the Paracel Islands, but not for any of the other features in the South China Sea, and certainly none that would correspond to any nine- or ...