China's sovereignty claims cover most of the South China Sea, overlapping with those of other regional powers.

Satellite imagery shows China landed two of its most advanced bombers in the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer recently carried out a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, according to a statement ...

Tensions in the South China Sea have escalated sharply as China’s navy launched combat readiness patrols near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a territory claimed by the Philippines. The drills, ...

Vietnam’s protest over a reef in the South China Sea also claimed by the Philippines and China could become a “new flashpoint” in the longer term, analysts said, adding that Beijing might ...

The militaries of the U.S. and Philippines have carried out joint drills in waters adjacent to the South China Sea claimed by Beijing ...

Indonesia’s reliance on legalism in its South China Sea policy is no longer sufficient against China’s growing assertiveness. To protect its maritime interests, Jakarta must pursue ‘partial ...

SANDY Cay is an uninhabited sandbar in the South China Sea that is barely visible during high tide. Lately, however, it has loomed large in the ever-shifting geopolitical landscape of the disputed ...

China has concluded that coral reef degradation in the waters surrounding Sandy Cay – a disputed reef in the South China Sea – was due to a combination of natural phenomena and human ...

MANILA/BEIJING, May 8 (Reuters) - The Philippines and China gave conflicting versions on Thursday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest incident ...

China has begun its annual moratorium on fishing in bordering seas in a move likely to inflame ... China claims most of the South China Sea in defiance of a 2016 arbitral ruling that had dismissed ...