China has turned remote reefs into fortified islands to assert control over the South China Sea. Despite protests from ...

About 14,000 American and Filipino forces will take part in battle-readiness exercises in the Philippines, including live-fire drills, in a largescale deployment that shows the Trump administration is ...

Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

China and the Philippines accused each other on Tuesday of dangerous manoeuvres in a hotly disputed shoal in the South China Sea, in the latest confrontation over the waterway.

1 of 3 This photo shows Discovery Great Reef, a Vietnam-built artificial feature in the South China Sea's contested Spratly Island archipelago. CSIS AMTI / Maxar While China has done the most to ...

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 ...

President Trump has complained the U.S.-Japan defense partnership is one-sided, but with China throwing its weight around, ...

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most ...

As China’s carrier force expands, East Asia's seas are becoming familiar grounds for close encounters between opposing ...

Since then, the state has grown steadily more risk-tolerant in efforts to “reclaim” the islands and waters of the South China Sea as a necessary part of the “Great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” ...

The United States is deploying around 9,000 troops to the Philippines for this year's joint military exercises, as the allies strengthen ties amid tensions with China over its activities in the South ...