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China in the South China Sea
![China in the South China Sea and the Arctic China in the South China Sea and the Arctic](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-04-03-145836.jpg)
China in the South China Sea and the Arctic
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Liselotte Odgaard.
![Holding the Line Against China’s Maritime Bullying: The Philippines Sets a New Standard Holding the Line Against China’s Maritime Bullying: The Philippines Sets a New Standard](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-10-26-130325.jpg)
Holding the Line Against China’s Maritime Bullying: The Philippines Sets a New Standard
By Lisa Curtis
The Philippines’ bold and creative moves to defy China provide a powerful example to the other Southeast Asian nations on how they, too, can resist Chinese interference.
![Conflict in a Crowded Sea: Risks of Escalation in the South China Sea Conflict in a Crowded Sea: Risks of Escalation in the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-12.png)
Conflict in a Crowded Sea: Risks of Escalation in the South China Sea
By Alexander C. Tan and Neel Vanvari
The South China Sea is a crowded region with a substantial level of military capabilities already present. The risks of escalation are real.
![Will the South China Sea Spark the Next Global Conflict? Will the South China Sea Spark the Next Global Conflict?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-26-13.jpg)
Will the South China Sea Spark the Next Global Conflict?
By Richard Javad Heydarian
In Asia’s maritime heartland, all the ingredients of a global cataclysm are conspiring against the post-Cold War period of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific.
![South China Sea: US Carrier Visit to Vietnam Marks Growing Ties South China Sea: US Carrier Visit to Vietnam Marks Growing Ties](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-11-7.jpg)
South China Sea: US Carrier Visit to Vietnam Marks Growing Ties
By Associated Press
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.
![Recent Developments Surrounding the South China Sea Recent Developments Surrounding the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-13-8.jpg)
Recent Developments Surrounding the South China Sea
By Associated Press
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.
![America, China and the South China Sea: False Premises and Wishful Thinking America, China and the South China Sea: False Premises and Wishful Thinking](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-3690787.jpg)
America, China and the South China Sea: False Premises and Wishful Thinking
By Mark J. Valencia
Like other rising great powers before it, China wants to bend the international system to further its national interests.
![Can China Be Taken Seriously on its ‘Word’ to Negotiate Disputed Territory? Can China Be Taken Seriously on its ‘Word’ to Negotiate Disputed Territory?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-15282466671_d610958f50_b.jpg)
Can China Be Taken Seriously on its ‘Word’ to Negotiate Disputed Territory?
By Namrata Goswami and Namrata Goswami
Beijing has a habit of signing, and then ignoring, “guiding principles” on maintaining the status quo in disputed areas.
![Where Is China's New Underwater System in the East and South China Seas? Where Is China's New Underwater System in the East and South China Seas?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-04_19-55-46.jpg)
Where Is China's New Underwater System in the East and South China Seas?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
China's move toward an undersea observation network appears to be progressing.
![China's Non-Chinese Approach to the South China Sea China's Non-Chinese Approach to the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-17_14-02-14.jpg)
China's Non-Chinese Approach to the South China Sea
By Patrik K. Meyer
Why has China undertaken such a radical departure in its foreign policy approach, as regards the South China Sea?
![A New Legal Landscape in the South China Sea A New Legal Landscape in the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-13_18-24-36.jpg)
A New Legal Landscape in the South China Sea
By Nguyen Ba Son
We need to fully grasp the significance of the Philippines v. China verdict.
![Will Vietnam File a South China Sea Case Against China? Will Vietnam File a South China Sea Case Against China?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-07_20-53-26.jpg)
Will Vietnam File a South China Sea Case Against China?
By Shawn W. Crispin
Hanoi may yet take Beijing to court.
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