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

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

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

According to a U.S. think tank, the country is building runways and other “potential military structures” in the South China Sea. Over the past six months, the country has reclaimed almost as ...

Spratly Islands consist of more than 100 small islands or reef and are located in the South China Sea.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun reaffirmed China's claim over the Nansha ...

hundreds of sandbanks and even artificial islands. Almost uninhabited, they generate enormous tension in the South China Sea. In the Spratly Islands, diplomatic chess plays out, which for the time ...

China appears to have made headway in the ... completed a survey of five islands in the archipelago known as Spratly Islands. The Spratlys are claimed by multiple Southeast Asian countries ...

It continues to dredge at a blistering pace and will likely match China’s acreage in 2025. The most impressive work has been on Barque Canada Reef, now the fourth-largest outpost in the Spratly ...

The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea between Vietnam, the Philippines, China, Malaysia and Brunei. They comprise less ...

and even artificial islands.It is rarely inhabited, causing tremendous tension in the South China Sea.Diplomatic chess is played in the Spratly Islands, which for the time being is too complicated ...

As the second Trump administration assembled, the Philippines appeared relatively sanguine about the prospects of stronger bilateral relations. The elevation of China hawks such… In March 2022, the ...