Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...

China is expanding its military reach and presence within the three Pacific island chains with the world's largest navy.

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative estimates that Hanoi has created 641 new acres of land in the disputed Spratly ...

The SCS refers to the South China Sea, the strategic waterway that China ... and 21 warships in the air and waters surrounding the island during the Chinese exercise. It added that it had been ...

The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to bolster Manila’s capacity to push back against Beijing’s growing assertiveness ...

The islands offer a clear view of key sea lanes in waters being contested by China. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Since then, the state has grown steadily more risk-tolerant in efforts to “reclaim” the islands and waters of the South China Sea as a necessary part of the “Great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” ...