The latest map shows China's U-shaped line covering about 90 per cent of the South China Sea. Chinese authorities say the line is based on historic maps. What is the 'nine-dash line', and what ...

As one of the world's four ancient civilizations, China has over 2,000 years of documented records related to the South China ...

On July 12, nine years ago, the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued its final ruling on the case filed by the Philippines against China regarding maritime disputes in the South China Sea.

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, three of them ...

The U.S. Coast Guard previously told Newsweek that its missions in the western Pacific aim to strengthen maritime governance.

The map, based on ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic and Global Fishing Watch, ... Beijing claims most of the South China Sea as its territory, within its dashed line, ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

China released a new map for its southernmost city of Sansha as the country works to consolidate its control over the strategically important waters of the South China Sea. The city comprises two ...

Map of the South China Sea. China is working hard to bring under its control the water, islands, rocks and reefs that sit within its imaginary nine-dash line. But as it does so, ...

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years, China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, ...