China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

A new Chinese map intensifies claims in the South China Sea, escalating regional tensions and international scrutiny.

A new map that gives extra attention to China's territorial claims in the South China Sea is drawing a mixed response from social-media users, with some calling it "unnecessary." ...

For an epicentre of a superpower contest, the South China Sea was often surprisingly placid. Compared with that, the squalls in this new phase of the confrontation threaten to become a storm.

Daniel Yergin’s new book 'The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations' explains how China's claims to the South China Sea are rooted in the Nine-Dash Map, which was drawn by a ...

China's neighbours have "resolutely rejected" the map in what is the latest dispute in a long-running conflict over the South China Sea.

Vietnam said China’s official map released this week violates its sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracel Islands and jurisdiction over its waters, according to a statement posted on the nation ...

Sansha, set up to assert China’s claims in contested waters, gets new map and postcodes days after Manila enacts laws on maritime routes.

India led regional protests to the map, which lays claim to disputed territory in the Himalayas, as well as almost all of the strategically important South China Sea.

Tensions are again rising in the strategic sea, which has long been a serious flashpoint between Beijing and its competitors.