Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

Between 2013 and 2017, the East Asian power constructed seven artificial islands in the Spratly archipelago, a cluster claimed by five other governments—Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan ...

The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea between Vietnam, the Philippines, China, Malaysia and Brunei. They comprise less ...

Relations between the two countries have become increasingly fraught over the last year, with a series of clashes around the Spratly Islands.

Most recently, China announced the creation of two new municipal districts that govern the Paracel and Spratly Islands, an attempt to strengthen its claims in the South China Sea by projecting an ...

Vietnam fought China in the South China Sea before and it should be ready to do so again. The Trump administration has accepted a higher pace of freedom of navigation operations in the South China ...

Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said the work in the Spratly Islands, which are also claimed by China and others, had created roughly 420 acres (170 hectares ...

According to a U.S. think tank, the country is building runways and other “potential military structures” in the South China Sea. Over the past six months, the country has reclaimed almost as ...