Paracel Islands

Hainan's Party Chief confirms that authorities are confronting foreign fishing vessels in the South China Sea.

A recent naval voyage may have been an attempt to make regional maritime dominance a fait accompli.

A series of recent events points to a declining state of stability and security in the South China Sea.

Forty years on, the battle has enduring lessons for Vietnam’s naval modernization.

The controversy in Vietnam over China’s establishment of a Confucius Institute is misplaced, argues one blogger.

Hainan, in the South China Sea, is a resort center with international ambitions.

Despite the rhetoric, Southeast Asian governments have been slow to tap their oil reserves. Fracking could make progress even slower.

The ASEAN and East Asia Summits seem once again off to a shaky start thanks to the South China Sea.

New developments show Jakarta working to break the impasse over the South China Sea.

While tensions rise between Japan and China in the East China Sea, an important development may have been overlooked.

History suggests ‘militiamen’ can harass lopsidedly superior foes, but the odds against their winning are long.

A new accord will allow Australian soldiers to train with the Filipino military.