MID-RANKING diplomatic and maritime officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China resumed ...

Relations between the two countries have become increasingly fraught over the last year, with a series of clashes around the Spratly Islands.

Spratly Islands consist of more than 100 small islands or reef and are located in the South China Sea.Chinese Foreign ...

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

In terms of artificial land, Vietnam has now created 2,236 acres in the Spratly Islands, around 63 percent of China’s 3,500 acres. This landfill included 143 new acres at Barque Canada Reef ...

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 ...

Vietnam, China's neighbor and the country with the second-largest footprint in the Spratly Islands, has been expanding its presence at a rapid clip. Since June, Vietnam has reclaimed 641 acres of ...

For Malaysia, the implications are considerable due to conflicting territorial claims, especially regarding its exclusive ...

“The Philippines is well aware that the scope of its territory is determined by a series of international treaties and has never included China’s” Spratly Islands and Scarborough ...

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 ...

BEIJING: China's coast guard said on Wednesday (Apr 9) it had allowed a Philippine civilian vessel to deliver provisions to a ...