Vietnam’s island reclamation activities in the South China Sea made headlines in 2024 with a record area of land created and several airstrips planned on the new islands.

Chinese forces garrison the Subi Reef near Thitu. In a statement, China coastguard said China has “indisputable sovereignty” over the Spratly Islands, including Sandy Cay - which it calls ...

In its own statement, China Coast Guard said China has “indisputable sovereignty” over the Spratly Islands ... of Hainan island. Chinese forces have garrisoned the Subi Reef near Thitu.

An isolated reef in the Spratly Islands holds the key to improved Chinese ... Among them, Mischief Reef - known as Meiji in China - and Subi Reef - known as Zhubi in China - are even larger ...

Suspects accused of spying on Philippine coast guard near South China Sea amid regional tensions | Jan. 29, 2025 15:18 ...

which is strategically close to maritime flashpoints such as the Spratly Islands. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr on Friday said he was “very disturbed” by the arrests.

joining its neighbors in a chaotic reef-grab across the larger Spratly Island group that would extend through the end of the next decade. With six different countries claiming some part of the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The islands of the SCS have some military relevance, but are more important as a political claim to waterways and undersea resources. China has built ...

As suggestions of oil and gas deposits beneath the seabed began to proliferate, China turned its attention even further south, joining its neighbors in a chaotic reef-grab across the larger Spratly ...