Australia is not a party to the South China Sea issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at the time... READ MORE›
The organization's findings come despite a pledge from China's leadership that it has no intention of militarizing the islands... READ MORE›
AMTI said it had been tracking construction of hexagonal structures on Fiery Cross, Mischief and Subi reefs in the Spratly Islands since June and July... READ MORE›
South China Sea Aircraft hangars installed on artificial islands... READ MORE›
China has largely completed three major military bases in the South China Sea that have naval, air, radar and missile-defence facilities, according to a US thinktank... READ MORE›
Several Asean countries have overlapping claims to islands and surrounding waters in the South China Sea, including Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam and the Philippines... READ MORE›
'No such thing' as man-made islands in South China Sea, says Beijing -- RT News... READ MORE›
The official said the Chinese appear to have deployed HQ-9 missile systems on Woody Island in the Paracels, which is claimed by China, Vietnam and Taiwan... READ MORE›
In recent years, the United States has conducted a series of what it calls freedom-of-navigation operations in the South China Sea, raising tensions with Beijing... READ MORE›
Something like this by China will definitely be seen as a provocative move not just by the United States but all the countries in the region... READ MORE›
It does not want to set off a military confrontation with China over territorial claims on which the United States has not taken a position... READ MORE›
A satellite photograph of Cuarteron Reef in the South China Sea's Spratly islands, showing a possible high frequency radar installation being constructed by China on January 24, 2016... READ MORE›
Said that the Chinese military buildup in the region meant that the South China Sea will be virtually a Chinese lake by 2030... READ MORE›
But experts say Scarborough Shoal would be the crowning jewel in a bid to solidify an iron grip over the South China Sea... READ MORE›
Report China deploys missiles to disputed island in South China Sea... READ MORE›
China's deploying necessary, limited defensive facilities on its own territory is not substantively different from the United States defending Hawaii, Hua added... READ MORE›
Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin also said the deployment of missiles on Woody Island increases tensions in the South China Sea, AP reported... READ MORE›
Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan have overlapping claims with China to islands in the South China Sea and East China Sea... READ MORE›
China on Friday accused the United States of militarizing the South China Sea, days after deploying missiles to a disputed island in the area... READ MORE›
The South China Sea issue and concerns over China's military expansion has become a key point during the 2016 US presidential campaign... READ MORE›
An increase of 7 percent to 8 percent from the 2015 budget would suggest that China's military spending this year could reach about 147 billion... READ MORE›
Arbitration court in The Hague will deliver ruling on dispute in the South China Sea between Beijing and Manila... READ MORE›
China sends fighter jets to South China Sea island U.S. sources... READ MORE›
China has every right to deploy military assets on Spratly Islands - Beijing -- RT News... READ MORE›
The white paper noted a number of points of friction, including over China's territorial ambitions in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
The Spratly Islands are more complicated because they involve every claimant, she said... READ MORE›
China claims most of the energy-rich waters through which about 5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year... READ MORE›
China claims almost all of the energy-rich waters of the South China Sea, through which more than 5 trillion of maritime trade passes each year... READ MORE›
The Australian defence force conducts maritime surveillance patrols in the region, but Conroy said these did not go close to the disputed islands... READ MORE›
US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the United States would press China to deescalate and stop its militarisation in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
It meets the intent to regularly exercise our rights under international law and remind the Chinese and others about our view... READ MORE›
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