The contested South China Sea boasts rich oil and gas reserves and could play a key role in a conflict over Taiwan.

THE PHILIPPINES is not ruling out possible Chinese island-building activity at Scarborough Shoal, Manila’s Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. said on Thursday, as tensions escalate between the ...

CHINA MAY be preparing for island-building at Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, in a move that could bolster its sweeping claims over the waterway and heighten regional tensions, ...

Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vietnam has significantly expanded island-building work in areas it claims in the Spratly Islands chain of the disputed South China Sea and will match and likely surpass the ...

The Chinese coastguard patrolled around disputed sites controlled by Vietnam in the South China Sea last week, vessel tracking information shows. Three patrol ships left a Chinese base on Mischief ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday stressed adopting high standards for building the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Vietnam is accelerating construction on artificial islands in the South China Sea, intensifying a long-running territorial ...

BANGKOK (AP) — China has commissioned its latest aircraft carrier after extensive sea trials, state media reported Friday, ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday stressed adopting high standards for building the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP). Xi, ...