Vietnam has significantly expanded island-building work in areas it claims in the Spratly Islands chain of the disputed South ...

Vietnam has sharply accelerated its island-building efforts this year in the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea ...

THE country 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 scale of such activity ...

Recent revelations from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) highlight a seismic shift in the dynamics ...

This report provides an overview of global issues, including Vietnam's island expansion in the Spratlys, FBI's probe of John ...

The light buoys were installed near Irving Reef, Whitsun Reef and Gaven Reef in the Spratlys area “to ensure the safety of navigation and maritime operations”, the Chinese Ministry of ...

The Spratlys dispute is a sensitive topic to me and other Chinese-Filipinos. People would always ask which side I’m on, or which country has sovereignty over these islands.

Indeed, since 1988, when China and Vietnam clashed near the Spratlys, there have been no serious armed flare-ups. Tension rose in 1995, when China was found to have built on Mischief Reef, claimed ...

The lawmakers left an airbase in the south of Taiwan at around 7am on Tuesday on board a C-130 transport plane, arriving at Taiping, the biggest islet in the Spratlys, three-and-a-half hours later.

The new Sansha city embraces the Spratlys, where the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan also have claims. But these contenders have so far kept quiet.

On Oct. 27, a U.S. destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Spratlys in an open challenge to Beijing. Related: China Accuses U.S. of 'Serious Military Provocation' ...

When he first came to the Spratlys almost 20 years ago, "I said, 'It's perfect. When you look underwater, wow, it's like an aquarium, lots of fish, corals.' ...