AMTI's Gregory Poling said that China has placed 72 fighter jet hangars across three major island bases equipped with ports ...

According to AMTI, China controls 20 posts in the Paracel Islands, including seven in the Spratly Islands. Four of these have ...

China has been extending its reach in the South China Sea by building artificial islands atop reefs. China's claims over these islands is unlawful and many countries are fighting back.

Briefing May 24th 2025 → Vietnam’s economy is booming, but its new leader is worried → Vietnam, squeezed between America and China, looks for new friends Reuse this content ...

Vietnam has been actively increasing its presence in the South China Sea by expanding land on several islands and reefs it controls in the Spratly Islands. 🌊 Vietnam’s Island Makeover Sends ...

Vietnam has sent diplomatic notes to China and the Philippines to protest against their activities in contested South China Sea waters, and urging them to respect its territorial claims, it said ...

In 2021, Vietnam began expanding some of its small- and medium-sized outposts in the Spratly Islands through dredging and landfill. As of now, that effort has resulted in over 2,200 acres of new land ...

Maritime Land Grab While China has done the most to physically reshape the South China Sea—through which an estimated one-third of global trade flows annually—it is not alone. Vietnam, China's ...

The South China Sea. Since 1952, Beijing has claimed virtually the entire sea, everything inside what's referred to as the nine dash line. In 2023, China added a tenth dash off Taiwan.

Further south, the ban applies to parts of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea from May 1 to September 16, while about half the South China Sea is covered by the moratorium from May 1 to August 16.