Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...

Occupied by Vietnam since the 1980s, the reef in the Spratly Islands is claimed by several countries, in a dispute that has intensified as China and the United States vie for influence in the ...

Signed in 2002 by China and the ten ASEAN member states, the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties (DOC) in the South China ...

China appears to be reviving its now-familiar “gray zone” tactics — subtle, nonmilitary maneuvers to expand control without ...

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative estimates that Hanoi has created 641 new acres of land in the disputed Spratly ...

Even as China offers itself to nations like Japan as a more reliable partner, its ships are pushing into their neighborhoods ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Chinese vessels' activities near the Senkaku Islands are "clearly escalating," Japanese Foreign Minister ...

Experts say it might be legally and logistically difficult to repurpose Grande and Chiquita Islands but political will might ...

Chinese government ships continued to sail in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on ...

Greg Poling testified before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission on China’s military and security footprint in the Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Chair Price, Vice Chair ...

The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South ...