(CNN) — China has approved plans to establish a national nature reserve at a hotly contested shoal in the South China Sea, an unprecedented move that could further stoke tensions with rival claimant ...

BEIJING (AP) — China has approved the establishment of a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal, a hotly disputed territory that the Philippines also claims in the South China Sea. A notice ...

FILE - A Chinese military helicopter flies close to a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic (BFAR) aircraft above Scarborough shoal on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. BEIJING (AP) — China has approved ...

FILE - A Chinese military helicopter flies close to a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic (BFAR) aircraft above Scarborough shoal on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino forces transported food, fuel and new personnel to a Philippine territorial outpost in a fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, two Philippe officials said.

CNOOC Limited has launched oil production at the Wenchang 16-2 Oilfield Development Project in the northern part of the South China Sea, China’s top offshore oil and gas producer said on Thursday.