Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...

The scale of Vietnam’s island building is second only to China ... It is also unlikely to make a major impact on negotiations for the ASEAN–China Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea, which ...

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative estimates that Hanoi has created 641 new acres of land in the disputed Spratly Islands since June.

It's Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images ...

Carpio’s book, “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction ... outside of the EEZ of the Philippines as of 2024 through dredging and island-building activities. This was ...

Credit: X/Pete Hegseth China’s military says that it conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday ... the Philippines’ northernmost island, which lies roughly half-way between Luzon ...

And fourth, Vietnam has a history of accepting risk and even casualties in the South China Sea when it deems something a strategic necessity. Beijing likely realizes that grey zone coercion will not ...

Taiwan is the self-ruled island that China regards as a province and has threatened to annex, by force if necessary. China claims virtually the entire South China Sea, a major security and global ...

within and adjacent to the Kalayaan Island Group and Bajo de Masinloc. In 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines over China's claims in the South China ...

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning carries out a formation exercise in the South China Sea in October 2024 (Xinhua) China is not a member of the G7 but follows all comments and references to its ...