In China's own words, Beijing is now building what it sees as "necessary military facilities" in the South China Sea.

the incorporation of the Yongshu Reef port has significantly improved China’s accessibility for search and rescue operations in the South China Sea. Yongshu, the Chinese name for Fiery Cross ...

China begins construction on airstrip at Fiery Cross ... of my reef.” Two US B-52 bombers get within 12 nautical miles of China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea.

Fiery Cross Reef is located more than 1,200km (746 miles) from the coastline of the Chinese mainland. Both Vietnam and the Philippines claim sovereignty over it.

An expert told Newsweek China is hostile due to frustration at the presence of the U.S. Typhon missile system in the Philippines.

Over the past two years, an increasingly confident and belligerent China has thrust its South China ... down to Mischief Reef and dug in for the Battle of the West Philippine Sea, Gray-Zone ...

The Philippines said on Saturday it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after two of its fisheries ...

Although China is not the first state to build an airstrip in the South China Sea, it is the first state to employ island-building technologies to transform a contested maritime ...

Over the past two years, an increasingly confident and belligerent China has thrust its South China Sea aggression into overdrive ... joining its neighbors in a chaotic reef-grab across the larger ...

China is preparing for its go or go home moment in the South China Sea and it appears they have chosen the right time to make a play for regional ...