Beijing claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea, placing it in regular conflict with neighbouring countries including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

Over the last decade, China has turned remote reefs into fortified islands to assert control over the South China Sea. Despite protests from neighbors and rulings against its territorial claims ...

The U.S. has flown a B-52 bomber mission near disputed islands in the South China Sea, according to U.S. Pacific Air Forces.

The Chinese coast guard displays its national flag on disputed Sandy Cay in the South China Sea on April 26, 2025. On Sunday, the Philippines dispatched navy and coast guard personnel to Sandy Cay ...

China's military said it had expelled three Philippine aircraft from the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, marking the latest in a series of dangerous aerial encounters ...

The United States Navy destroyer USS Dewey conducts routine operations while transiting in the South China Sea on May 12, 2025. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin Monroe/U.S. Navy The ...

Chair Price, Vice Chair Schriver, distinguished members of the Commission, I am honored to share my views with you on the topic of China’s grey zone coercion in the South China Sea. CSIS does not take ...

China on Monday accused Japan of disrupting the South China Sea by supplying naval ships to the Philippines.

Satellite imagery shows China landed two of its most advanced bombers in the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea this month - a gesture that some analysts described as Beijing's latest ...

A green sea turtle nesting site has been discovered recently for the first time on a reef in the Nansha Islands in the South ...

These center on the Paracel Islands—referred to as Hoang Sa in Vietnam—in the northern part of the disputed sea, roughly equidistant from China’s southern island province of Hainan and ...

China has installed large steel cages and a former oil drilling rig in the Yellow Sea, raising concerns in South Korea that they could be used for military purposes.