China's military activities and deployments in the South China Sea are often framed as part of its growing power projection capability, potentially a launch pad for its ambitions in the wider ...

The geopolitics of the South China Sea in 2025 were shaped by four trends: continued confrontations between the China Coast Guard (CCG) and claimant states; renewed construction and militarization of ...

Beijing moved one of its maritime platforms in waters disputed by China and South Korea, but other Chinese assets remain. South Korea President Lee Jae-myung shakes hands with China’s President Xi ...

The geopolitics of the South China Sea in 2025 were shaped by confrontation, militarisation and US–China rivalry. While some progress was made towards reaching an ASEAN–China Code of Conduct (COC) in ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam has revved up its land reclamation efforts in the South China Sea this year, beginning construction on eight previously untouched features in the Spratly Islands.

Vietnamese fishers in 2010-2011 in Lý Sơn island. Credit: André Menras In early 2010, a few months after he received Vietnamese honorary citizenship, André Menras, a French national, decided to set ...