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Four Chinese vessels surrounded a Philippine navy boat as coastguard crew boarded during a tense stand-off in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, photos released by Chinese state media show ...

Maritime Land Grab. While China has done the most to physically reshape the South China Sea—through which an estimated one-third of global trade flows annually—it is not alone.

China has turned reefs and islands in the South China Sea into full-fledged military bases. Photos taken in October show those bases in great detail, revealing Beijing's forces and facilities.

CHINA is continuing to fortify islands in the South China Sea, newly published pictures have revealed, suggesting Beijing is seeking to take a stranglehold on the strategic waterway.

With regard to the Nimitz's operations in the South China Sea, the Japan-based U.S.Seventh Fleet—which maintains America's naval presence in the Western Pacific Ocean—previously told Newsweek ...

China looks to be building a new radar system purported to have counter-stealth capabilities, analysts found. Satellite images appear to show a SIAR system on Triton Island in the South China Sea.

Satellite photos reveal Beijing’s huge plan for South China Sea. Damning new images have revealed Beijing is building a network of stealth-penetrating radars in a fresh bid to seize control of a ...

It’s an ocean of conflict and ecological decline. Despite its vast size—1.3 million square miles—the South China Sea has become a microcosm of the geopolitical tensions between East and West ...

The South China Sea has some of the world’s most productive fisheries, as well as shipping channels that carry about a third of global ocean trade. Surveys suggest that it may also contain large ...

If China succeeded in dominating the South China Sea, the consequences would be immense: Beijing could potentially choke off trade and shipments to Japan, control access to technologies crucial to ...