China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area. Satellite images show its growth.

The Chinese coastguard has seized a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, state media has reported, in an escalation of a regional dispute with the Philippines. State broadcaster CCTV released ...

This photo shows Discovery Great Reef, a Vietnam-built artificial feature in the South China Sea's contested Spratly Island archipelago. CSIS AMTI / Maxar This photo shows Discovery Great Reef, a ...

The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander says China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...

Beijing will attend the ASEAN-China-GCC summit in the hopes of forging new commercial partnerships against U.S. tariffs, but a recent white paper doubling down on its South China Sea claims will ...