South China Sea dispute

The Philippine Coast Guard has a new responsibility: providing public evidence of China’s unlawful maritime activities. What’s behind the shift?

The South China Sea is a crowded region with a substantial level of military capabilities already present. The risks of escalation are real.

Manila's coast guard has taken extra efforts to document and publicize assertive Chinese behavior in the South China Sea.

This incident is perhaps the first in which a Chinese navy vessel has harassed a civilian boat inside another nation's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Manila is beefing up its "maritime sovereignty patrols" in the disputed South China Sea.

A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple territorial disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons.

Beijing’s repeated provocative actions in the South China Sea leaves the region worse off.

U.S. Congressional Research weighs in.

China admits deployment of jets to Woody Island, tests ability to keep islands supplied.

China is indeed engaging in lawfare, but the U.S. has done so in a rather sophisticated manner for many years as well.

A new pattern of Chinese bellicosity?