Yongshu, the Chinese name for Fiery Cross Reef ... predict that the island could become China’s most advanced military base and strategic hub in the South China Sea, potentially growing to ...

A major upgrade of the airstrip on the island, known locally ... Mischief, and Fiery Cross reefs - have transformed the South China Sea into a heavily militarised zone. A 2016 ruling by an ...

In China's own words, Beijing is now building what it sees as "necessary military facilities" in the South China Sea.

Pag-asa Island, the lone barangay of Kalayaan town in Palawan, lies beyond the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, the backbone of the country’s South ... Reef (Fiery Cross) occupied by China stands ...