Vietnamese police are investigating a Chinese tea brand over an online map featuring Beijing's disputed claims in the South China Sea, authorities said. Police in commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City ...

The map, based on ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic and Global Fishing Watch, shows the ship departed from the port of Sanya in China's Hainan province on December 30.

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 ...

According to photos published by the U.S. Navy, the previous aircraft carrier operating in the South China Sea was USS ...

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.

Beijing faces greater risks of aerial rather than maritime confrontations with the Philippines in the South China Sea, a leading Chinese analyst has warned. The note of caution from Hu Bo ...

In the East China Sea, China’s increasing challenge to Japanese control of the Senkaku Islands is spurring Japan toward rearmament, as it nearly doubles its defense budget. A day before Sullivan ...

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.

Why has the South China Sea become a source of contention in the region? ... Michael Bricknell created the map for this Expert Brief. This work represents the views and opinions solely of the authors.

In the South China Sea, long-running friction over disputed rocks and reefs has escalated into dramatic clashes at sea. They have mostly occurred between Chinese and Philippine coastguard vessels.

American forces are ready with a “range of options” to deal with increasing acts of aggression in the disputed South China Sea if ordered to carry them out jointly and after consultations with ...