Under authoritarian President Xi Jinping, Beijing has continued to expand its reach into the South China Sea - strategically ...

Second Thomas Shoal, Sabina Shoal and Whitsun Reef. Sandy Cay is the closest reef to Subi Reef, China’s second-largest artificial island and military base in the South China Sea. It is also near ...

SINGAPORE: China’s national flag was recently unfurled on a disputed reef in the South China Sea ... claims in disputed waters without direct confrontation. At Second Thomas Shoal, Chinese ...

Tolentino lamented in the resolution China’s continued unlawful actions despite the 2016 arbitral ruling, rejecting Beijing’s expansive maritime claims in the South China ... stationed at Ayungin ...

Vietnam has formally protested recent territorial claims made by both China and the Philippines over Second Thomas Shoal, ...

China has declared sovereignty over an uninhabited reef, known as Sandy Cay, in the South China Sea potentially intensifying tensions with the Philippines regarding the disputed area. Television ...

China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area.

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group provides presence and combat-ready forces in the South China Sea, the U.S. Seventh Fleet told ...

BEIJING, April 30 (Reuters) - China's coastguard said it carried out law enforcement patrols in waters around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, amid tensions over ...