Building Frenzy In The South China Sea - Who Is Fortifying Islands?
Countries surrounding the South China Sea have built more than 90 outposts on around 70 islands, rocks and reefs in the highly disputed area, satellite images show.
China Declares Baselines Around Disputed South China Sea Shoal
The move was a direct response to the Philippines’ enactment of two new laws aimed at strengthening the country’s own maritime claims.
South China Sea Dispute Intensifies as Malaysia Challenges Vietnam's Island Building
Malaysia has formally protested Vietnam's expansion of the Barque Canada Reef in the contested Spratly Islands, a region with overlapping claims from multiple nations. The complaint, sent to Vietnam's foreign ministry in early October,
China draws up new map for southernmost city amid tension over disputed islands with Philippines
Sansha, China’s southernmost city in Hainan established in 2012, oversees disputed South China Sea territories ... encompassing the Paracel, Spratly and Zhongsha Islands and commonly understood to cover Scarborough Shoal and Macclesfield Bank.
China uses resupply of Philippine warship to call for Manila's help managing shoal dispute
Beijing has called for Manila to work with it and "jointly manage the maritime situation" after China allowed supplies to be sent to a Philippine warship grounded in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal on Thursday.
China, Philippines Spar Over New Maritime Laws, Baseline Drawings in South China Sea
In response, China's ambassador Huang Xilian to the Philippines said late on Wednesday the baseline was a "necessary response" to the Philippines' new maritime law and a "routine
China holds combat drills at a disputed shoal west of the Philippines
China has held sea and air combat drills at disputed Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited area of reefs and rocks it had seized from the Philippines in the South China Sea
Philippines and China South China Sea tensions build up over disputed Scarborough Shoal baselines
The Philippines has protested China’s baselines around the disputed Scarborough Shoal, as tensions between the two nations build up anew over their competing claims in the South China Sea.
China urges Philippines to help manage shoal dispute after resupply trip to Sierra Madre warship
Beijing has called for Manila to work with it and “jointly manage the maritime situation” after China allowed supplies to be sent to a Philippine warship grounded at a disputed South China Sea shoal ...
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Philippines Seizes Two Spratly Islands In South China Sea War Games
China has sought to expand its presence in the disputed waterway for ... Two such islands -- Philippine-held Thitu and Loaita in the Spratly archipelago -- became the focus of Manila's war games ...
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Malaysia and Vietnam at loggerheads over the South China Sea
Malaysia sends a letter of complaint to Vietnam over its alleged expansion of a coral reef in the disputed Spratly Islands ...
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Philippines’ Marcos Signs Laws Aimed at Strengthening Maritime Claims
On Friday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law two pieces of legislation asserting the country’s ...
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Philippine envoy called in over new sea laws
Beijing summoned the Philippines’ ambassador to express its objection to two new laws in the country asserting maritime rights and sovereignty over disputed areas of the ... for Scarborough Shoal ...