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China seized an island in the South China Sea, unfurling its flag amid growing tensions with the Philippines over territorial expansion. China Central Television (CCTV), the state broadcaster, ...

China is actively building new artificial islands, which you may have heard about in the news. The reasons are largely strategic and political, as the islands extend China's territory into the mineral ...

Pingtan is marketed as mainland China’s “closest point to Taiwan.” Today, the cross-strait ties that once made the island a ...

China’s large-scale land reclamation around disputed reefs and shoals in the South China Sea is “moving ahead steadily”, state media has reported, and is on track to use giant “island-builders” to ...

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PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (AP) — China is pressing ahead with the construction of artificial islands on at least two reefs that are also claimed by the Philippines in an increasingly tense ...

China’s ambitious $500 billion plan to create the world’s largest artificial island is a bold move that underscores the nation’s growing economic and technological prowess. This massive project, ...

China has reclaimed more than 2,900 acres of land from the South China Sea in less than two years in an intensive island-building campaign in the disputed Spratly Islands, a new Pentagon report says. ...

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The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own ...