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 ...

China released a new map for its southernmost city of Sansha as the country works to consolidate its control over the strategically important waters of the Sea. The city comprises two disputed island ...

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

UPDATES with island retaking exercises ... important reefs and islands in the South China Sea. Two such islands -- Philippine-held Thitu and Loaita in the Spratly archipelago -- became the focus ...

FILE - A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 ...

Beijing publishes its baselines for South China Sea feature in response to legislation setting out Manila’s rival claim.

In the past five months alone, it has reclaimed more than 2 sq km (0.8 square miles) in the contested Spratly Islands, according to Beijing-based think tank the South China Sea Probing Initiative.

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s ...

Vietnamese construction work in the Spratly Islands continues ... s desire to match China’s construction of massive artificial islands in the South China Sea, and thereby to strengthen its ...