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.

Three large Chinese-built steel structures in a disputed area of the Yellow Sea have raised tensions between China and South Korea and prompted comparisons to Beijing’s island-building programme ...

Japan has its own dispute with China over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea known as the Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, which are claimed by Beijing but administered by Tokyo.

China has said it took control of a disputed reef near a major Philippines military outpost in the South China Sea, according to state media. China has “enforced maritime management and ...

BEIJING-China's navy conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on April 29, saying that the Philippines has been creating “disturbances”, as the Filipino and US air forces conducted their own ...

The Philippines has denied a Chinese Coast Guard report that China had “dealt with” a situation involving six Filipino personnel, whom Beijing accused of illegally landing on a tiny reef in ...

Research led by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), with the participation of the Universitat Autònoma de ...

In a file photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Filipino scientists reach Sandy Cay at the disputed South China Sea on March 21, 2024. Source: Philippine Coast Guard/AP Photo Facebook ...

A map issued with the release showed that the UAV flew in a circuit over the Philippine Sea before heading towards the East China Sea. On Apr. 4, Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani stated that ...

China’s claim to have seized a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea fits into Beijing’s “established pattern of illegal pressure” in the region, according to an expert. State media in ...

BEIJING — The Philippines on Monday rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the uninhabited ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...