Beijing ‘must be prepared to respond’, and it might be headed for confrontation with Vietnam over land reclamation, analyst ...

ASEAN Foreign Ministers have reiterated the regional bloc’s firm commitment to peace and stability in the South China Sea, ...

Asean foreign ministers reaffirmed the importance of exercising self-restraint and avoiding actions that could complicate or ...

In recent reclamation in South China sea the Chinese government has reclaimed around 3,000 hectares in the region also known as the West Philippine Sea. This information was revealed by Rear Adm ...

Adm. Stephen Koehler gave assurances of U.S. commitment to help defend freedom of passage and the rule of law in the ...

Vibrant reefs filled with colorful fish and seaweed just two years ago have been turned into a wasteland of crushed corals in the South China Sea and the Philippines says it has identified a ...

Voyages through the South China Sea can be dated back to the second century, ... China claims that its land reclamation on the waters’ rocks and reefs generates maritime entitlements.

South China Sea: is a report on ... Hanoi carried out only “modest” reclamation efforts on 29 islands and reefs it controlled in the Spratly Islands, a disputed archipelago in the South China ...

Vietnamese land reclamation at Barque Canada Reef (courtesy CSIS AMTI and Maxar 2024) There are at least four plausible explanations for China’s behavior. First, Chinese authorities may feel that they ...

Vietnam had seen no need to do that prior to Chinese reclamation and militarization in the South China Sea,” he said. China claims most of the South China Sea as its own territory.

China has deployed vessels and divers to explore a South China Sea shoal for reclamation, according to the Philippines, in another incident that could escalate the two nations’ maritime dispute.

China claims the majority of the energy-rich South China Sea, through which more than US$3 trillion worth of ship-borne trade passes annually. Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam ...