Chinese Carrier Makes First Hong Kong Port Call
The Liaoning, the only operational aircraft carrier in the Chinese fleet, arrived in the southern port amid recent tensions with U.S. forces in the South China Sea.
South China Sea islands dispute
China Calls U.S. Destroyer In South China Sea A 'Provocation'
Beijing reportedly sent warships and fighter jets to intercept the USS Stethem near a region it claims near the Paracel Islands.
In South China Sea Islands, Anti-Aircraft And Radar Systems Emerge In Full Color
Satellite photos show what analysts say is an array of anti-aircraft guns, cruise missile defenses, in nearly identical emplacements on islands created around large reefs.
China Has Deployed Missiles On Disputed Island, U.S. And Taiwan Say
China isn't disputing the claim. Its foreign minister, Wang Yi, says the country has lawfully deployed "limited, necessary defense facilities" on the island in the South China Sea.
Obama To Meet With Vietnam's Communist Party Chief Amid Concern Over China
Hanoi and Washington hope to strengthen economic and defense ties, especially in the wake of Beijing's construction on a disputed reef in the South China Sea.
U.S. Defense Secretary: Militarization of South China Sea Is Unacceptable
The concern follows reports that China has placed mobile artillery on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands chain, where Beijing is in the midst of unilateral land reclamation and construction.
Kerry Meets With China's Foreign Minister Over Disputed Islands
The secretary of state seems unlikely to convince his Chinese counterpart that a diplomatic solution to the regional tug-of-war must be found.
'Great Wall Of Sand': China Builds Islands In Contested Waters
The scale of China's construction in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands is clear in new satellite images released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, whose director speaks with NPR.
China's Neighbors See Mischief In What's Happening At Disputed Reef
Satellite imagery of a coral atoll in the South China Sea shows the reef is growing. A U.S. military official likens Beijing's land reclamation to building a "great wall of sand."
Japan, China Hold Security Talks, Hoping To Defuse Tensions
The meeting between foreign ministers on both sides is the first such dialogue in four years after relations were frozen by Beijing in 2011 over a disputed island chain in the East China Sea.