A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, three of them ...

This report assesses the likely risks resulting from the conflict between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea over the next six to 12 months. As the South China Sea is a major global ...

Follow the latest developments as a Carrier Strike Group enters the contested South China Sea, a key flashpoint in global ...

The new map features a 10-dash line that includes the eastern parts of the disputed South China Sea that fall within the Philippines’ 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which the ...

The Ceres I and another tanker collided off Malaysia in the South China Sea on July 19 ... threaten the safety of international sea lanes, analysts say. Map showing the Ceres I sailing from ...

A SCSPI report in September on the navigation and overflight situation in the South China Sea said the region saw more than 10 daily and thousands of annual US-China military encounters ...

As its top political leaders gathered in Beijing, the PLA was actively engaged in the South China Sea.REF If, in fact, China’s modus operandi of so-called gray-zone operations is changing ...