China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area.

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...

Vietnam has urged China and the Philippines to ‘refrain from actions’ and respect its sovereignty over the archipelago.

China and the Philippines each raised flags on Sandy Cay days apart, asserting rival claims. Analysts say Beijing aimed to ...

reefs and atolls across the South China Sea, most notably the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal, over which both countries assert sovereignty. The Philippines bases its claims on proximity and ...

The Philippines, which disputes China's claim to the sandbank, responds by releasing a photo of its own forces on another.

Taipei Office Having spent years observing geopolitics in East Asia and in particular maritime security, over time one truth ...

The U.S. and the Philippines, which have formed an alliance under a mutual defense treaty, are conducting Exercise Balikatan ...

China has turned remote reefs into fortified islands to assert control over the South China Sea. Despite protests from neighbors and rulings against its territorial claims, it pressed ahead—installing ...

BEIJING — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea , days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard officers displaying a Chinese flag ...