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.

Tensions between China and Vietnam over the South China Sea have upset the political dynamic in Barbie Land. Vietnamese officials are banning the release of “Barbie,” the big-budget movie ...

An international tribunal in the Hague ruled Tuesday that Beijing has no legal claim to its "historic right" over disputed territory in the South China Sea.

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 ...

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 ...

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.