Countries surrounding the South China Sea have built more than 90 outposts on around 70 islands, rocks and reefs in the ...

China has released an updated map for a southern city, established to reinforce its claims in the South China Sea, showing ...

Beijing has called for Manila to work with it and “jointly manage the maritime situation” after China allowed supplies to be ...

The system, purported to have advanced counter-stealth capabilities, could challenge how US forces operate in the region.

Sansha, set up to assert China’s claims in contested waters, gets new map and postcodes days after Manila enacts laws on ...

The South China Sea, a vast and resource-rich area, has been the subject of intense territorial disputes for years. Countries ...

On Friday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law two pieces of legislation asserting the country’s ...

UPDATES with island retaking exercises taking place in the Spratlys The Philippines is aiming for a "persistent presence" in the South China Sea, a senior military official said Wednesday ...

China summoned the Philippines' ambassador on Friday to express its objection to two new laws in the Southeast Asian nation ...

The news outlet cited Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to state that the patrol activities, in the area that China calls Huangyan Dao, involving naval and air forces were ...

This area includes much of China’s nine-dash line claims, encompassing the Paracel, Spratly and Zhongsha Islands and commonly understood to cover Scarborough Shoal and Macclesfield Bank.

The city comprises two disputed island chains - the Paracels and the Spratlys, known respectively as the Xisha and Nansha Islands in Chinese - and an undersea atoll. The Ministry of Natural ...