Summary and Key Points: It was supposed to be one of the great strategic masterstrokes of the century. Over more than a ...

After years of watching China create land to back its expansive claims, others are doing the same.

Instead, Antelope Reef, as this cay is known, is beginning to look a lot like China’s large military airbase at Mischief Reef. One of three airbases which China built during a spree of island-building ...

A flurry of Vietnamese island fortifications and intensifying Chinese activity show the rising odds of confrontation in the ...

Lingyang Reef is part of China's Xisha Islands. China's sovereignty over the Xisha Islands is longstanding, well-documented ...

China's military activities and deployments in the South China Sea are often framed as part of its growing power projection capability, potentially a launch pad for its ambitions in the wider ...

The geopolitics of the South China Sea in 2025 were shaped by four trends: continued confrontations between the China Coast Guard (CCG) and claimant states; renewed construction and militarization of ...

A photo released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines that claims to show a China Coast Guard vessel firing a water cannon in the vicinity of Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, Aug. 20, ...

The expansion brings its total reclaimed area to roughly 11 square km, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative ...

The South China Sea is of major geopolitical and economic importance due to its strategic location, natural resources and position as a conduit for international trade. Nearly one-third of global ...

BEIJING — China’s military said on Wednesday it drove away a Dutch navy vessel it accused of “illegally intruding” into the area around the Paracel Islands in the contested South China Sea. Beijing ...