Analysts and officials worry that Beijing might take bolder action after it hosts the Group of 20 meeting of the...

  China has repeatedly blamed the United States for stoking tensions in the South China Sea and of taking sides in the...

None of China's reefs and holdings in the Spratly Islands entitled it to a 200 mile exclusive economic zone,...

The number of vessels increased dramatically since late 2013

Seven Chinese soldiers in camouflage clothing reportedly used horns and loudspeakers to chase the boat

  China's Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun expressed "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to the Pentagon report and said it has ...

  Guided missile destroyer the USS William P. Lawrence traveled within 12 nautical miles of Chinese-occupied Fiery Cross Reef, U.S....

The Taiwanese move comes amid rising tensions and potentially complicates worsening territorial disputes roiling across the vital trade route

  The training and support includes exercises at sea and requests to fishermen to gather information on foreign vessels

Thanh Nien reporters visited the area and saw the structure up close

  "We urge China to reaffirm that it has no plans to deploy or rotate military aircraft at its outposts in the Spratlys,...

  "We urge the G7 member states to honor their commitment of not taking sides on issues involving territorial disputes," China...

  China is "clearly militarizing the South China (Sea)," said Admiral Harry Harris, head of the U.S. Pacific Command

"We are very concerned about the fact that China had already flown their flights to Fiery Cross Reef," Philippine Foreign...

  The two flights are likely to spark further condemnation from Vietnam, which launched a formal diplomatic protest over the weekend