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.

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 ...

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Satellite image of Barque Canada Reef, May 11 ... He was referring to the China-developed Fiery Cross, Subi and Mischief reefs, which are the largest artificial islands in the South China Sea. The ...

and Fiery Cross reefs - have transformed the South China Sea into a heavily militarised zone. A 2016 ruling by an arbitration tribunal in The Hague, which favoured the Philippines' territorial ...

Once upon a time, going for a Chinese meal in London meant Cantonese in Chinatown. That central London enclave, packed with ...

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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 ...

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

MANILA – The Philippines said on Jan 25 it suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after two of its fisheries ... which China calls Tiexian Reef . It added that it intercepted ...

Chinese cutters, small boats and aircraft blocked a Philippine scientific research mission to the South China Sea features of ...