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The State Department has said the United States stands with the Philippines after the treaty ally’s fishing boats were hit with water cannons by Chinese forces in the South China Sea last week, as ...

China's control of the South China Sea does not necessarily mean the ability to use the region as a springboard to mount a large-scale expedition.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam has revved up its land reclamation efforts in the South China Sea this year, beginning construction on eight previously untouched features in the Spratly Islands.

On July 18, China’s naval chief Wu Shengli told the visiting U.S. chief of naval operations that Beijing would not halt its ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --Vietnam has quietly accelerated land reclamation at South Reef, a once-remote coral feature in the contested Spratly Islands, signaling a new strategic turn as pressure from China ...