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 ...

China claims more than 80% of the South China Sea, based on a seven-decade-old map marking its territory with nine dashes that loop down about 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) south of its southern ...

China released the map on Monday of its famous U-shaped line covering about 90% of the South China Sea, a source of many of the disputes in one of the world's most contested waterways, where more ...

Over two decades, the People’s Liberation Army has more than tripled the value of its military infrastructure on Hainan and on reclaimed reefs in the South China Sea, according to an exclusive ...

Vice Adm. Jose Ma Ambrosio Q Ezpeleta PN, Flag Officer In Command, Philippine Navy, aboard JMSDF’s JS Hamagiri (DD-155) on Feb. 24, 2025 at South Harbour in Manila.

A map created by Anna van Amerongen using Esri ArcGIS technology shows the locations of China's steel rig (pink) and the Deep Blue No. 2 fish farm inside the Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone ...

Key Points – Rising tensions in the South China Sea between China and the Philippines over disputed territories like the Spratly Islands significantly increase the risk of armed conflict. -China ...

Why has the South China Sea become a source of contention in the region? ... Michael Bricknell created the map for this Expert Brief. This work represents the views and opinions solely of the authors.

Satellite imagery shows China landed two of its most advanced bombers in the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea this month - a gesture that some analysts described as Beijing's latest ...

Hainan, China’s southernmost province, now boasts a military support apparatus - buttressed by staggering infrastructure investments in the South China Sea — that analysts say could, if ...