The Chinese military vowed to safeguard the country's national sovereignty and security in the South China Sea.

Item 1 of 5 An aerial view shows the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, locally known as Pag-asa, in the contested Spratly Islands, South China Sea, March 9, 2023.

The South China Sea is a major shipping route. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development estimates that over 21% of global trade, amounting to $3.37 trillion, transited through these ...

In the recent Quad summit, Minister of External Affairs stated that the South China Sea Dispute "continues to be of great ...

Dotted with small islands, reefs and shoals, the South China Sea is home to a string of messy territorial disputes that pit multiple countries against each other. China’s “nine-dash line ...

South China Sea dispute: China's pursuit of resources 'unlawful', says US. 14 July 2020. ... In August 2018, a BBC team flew over the disputed South China Sea islands in a US military plane.

The British and Australian militaries have challenged China's claims over the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea ...

The South China Sea, a vast and resource-rich area, has been the subject of intense territorial disputes for years. Countries like the Philippine, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei have competing ...

China "appears to have built significant point-defense capabilities" on artificial islands in the South China Sea, says a think tank that cites new satellite imagery showing hexagonal gun ...

The U.S. Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea on Oct. 27, 2015, a U.S. defense official said, in a challenge to ...

Is China building more islands in the disputed waters of the South China Sea? The Philippines military this week released images of Chinese ships it said were capable of dredging sand around the ...