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 ...

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

Over the last decade, 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 ...

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 ...

In December 2024, Tokyo announced an additional 1.6 billion yen (approximately $10.65 million) in maritime aid, one day after Manila accused Chinese forces of harassment at sea.

A violent attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat tests Hanoi’s muted but resolute approach to China’s aggression in the South China Sea. A violent attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat tests Hanoi ...

China is trying to dominate the South China Sea while Biden’s administration does little by Brahma Chellaney, opinion contributor - 09/06/24 11:30 AM ET ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

Over the past 15 years, China has expanded its once-minimal military presence in the South China Sea into a significant one. Beijing has laid claim to nearly all of the strategic waterway, a vital ...

China is ASEAN’s No. 1 trading partner and its third-largest source of foreign investment — a key reason why the bloc has been reluctant to criticize Chinese actions in the South China Sea ...

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 ...