Tensions are again rising in the strategic sea, which has long been a serious flashpoint between Beijing and its competitors.

Seething international tensions over the South China Sea have struck an unlikely victim in Vietnam: popular children's dolls pulled from shops over a facial mark supposedly resembling Beijing's ...

China's neighbours have "resolutely rejected" the map in what is the latest dispute in a long-running conflict over the South China Sea.

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.

The Philippines on Thursday became the latest country to denounce a new national map China rolled out this week that misrepresents Beijing's territorial borders by claiming nearly 90% of the South ...

Vietnamese police are investigating a Chinese tea brand over an online map featuring Beijing's disputed claims in the South China Sea, authorities said. Police in commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City ...

This chapter of history reveals another fundamental fact: The post-World War II international order established the basis for ...

Gulf of America to South China Sea – how maps name disputed territories Many locations have had multiple names at different times due to historical reasons or territorial disputes.

China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area. Satellite images show its growth.

For an epicentre of a superpower contest, the South China Sea was often surprisingly placid. Compared with that, the squalls in this new phase of the confrontation threaten to become a storm.